Japan on Wednesday joined Australia, Britain, France and Germany in conveying concern over escalating tensions following China’s recent large-scale military exercises around Taiwan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/japan/china-military-exercises-taiwan-japan-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #taiwan #pla #us #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #defense #chinajapanrelations #foreignministry
The latest deterioration of Japan-China ties has highlighted that a dangerous new equilibrium between the two countries is emerging — one that will test each other’s resolve, especially in the year ahead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/31/japan/politics/japan-china-relations-2026-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #usjapanrelations #xijinping #sanaetakaichi #taiwan #taiwanjapanrelations #donaldtrump #defense #sdf #pla
The Chinese military on Tuesday conducted long-range live-fire drills in waters around Taiwan, part of a second day of 'major' exercises focused on blockading the island and deterring aid from Taipei’s partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/30/asia-pacific/china-taiwan-military-exercises-missiles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #donaldtrump #sanaetakaichi #xijinping #us #usmilitary #defense #missiles
China said it will hold large-scale military exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, releasing an image showing five zones surrounding the democratic island that will be under sea and airspace restrictions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/29/asia-pacific/china-military-drills-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #chinajapanrelations #sdf #defense #usmilitary #sanaetakaichi
U.S. approval of Nvidia’s advanced AI chip exports to China risks accelerating the PLA’s military AI capabilities and eroding America’s technological edge at a critical moment in the U.S.-China strategic rivalry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/26/world/nvidia-boosts-chinas-ai-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nvidia #donaldtrump #us #china #defense #pla
Chinese leader Xi Jinping installed new military leadership for its central and eastern regions amid an unprecedented purge of the top defense echelons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/asia-pacific/china-replaces-military-commanders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #corruption #taiwan #indopacific #xijinping
Tokyo and its partners must show solidarity in response to bad faith Chinese behavior any time it occurs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/23/japan/chinas-recklessness-risks-japan-security-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #us #defense #sdf #pla #southchinasea #eastchinasea
In 1989, Chinese Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/asia-pacific/china-tiananmen-square-general/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #history #tiananmensquare
For Japan’s top uniformed military officer, reinforcing the country’s defense capabilities to counter complex and diverse threats most think only exist in Hollywood movies has become one of his top priorities. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/sdf-joint-staff-uchikura-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #defenseministry #hiroakiuchikura #missiles #china #drones #pla #usmilitary #usjapanrelations
China's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, Taipei said, its first transit of the sensitive waterway since formally entering service last month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/17/asia-pacific/chinese-aircraft-carrier-taiwan-strait/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #pla #taiwan #indopacific #aircraftcarriers
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier flotilla appeared to be on its way home, Japan said Friday, after the ships were spotted entering the East China Sea following military exercises in the Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/13/japan/china-japan-aircraft-carrier-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #pla #chinajapanrelations #aircraftcarriers #defense #defenseministry #sdf
China’s increasingly aggressive military actions toward Japan, highlighted by a recent radar lock-on incident, reflect a growing pattern of pressure that Tokyo and its allies must counter with steady vigilance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/12/12/chinas-continue-to-test-japans-defenses/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #chinajapanrelations #china #defense #pla #shinjirokoizumi #defenseministry #donaldtrump #us #taiwan #sanaetakaichi
China conducted the maiden flight of what is considered to be the world’s largest drone mothership, underscoring its advances in unmanned aerial vehicles capable of unleashing weaponized swarms. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/asia-pacific/china-aerial-drone-carrier/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #china #drones #pla
Japan is taking a “calm and resolute” response in its ongoing dispute with China — a row that grew more heated with last week’s radar incident — as it looks to the international community to help lower the temperature. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/japan/politics/japan-china-dispute-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #china #pla #japanchinarelations #us #usjapanrelations #donaldtrump #taiwan #defense #shinjirokoizumi
A new report urges Japan and Australia to divide up efforts to help Pacific island nations, as the quasi-allies look to maintain supply lines and prevent China from gaining a military foothold in the region in any war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/11/japan/australia-japan-sea-lanes-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #australia #australiajapanrelations #china #pla #defense #pacificislands
The U.S. has for the first time criticized the Chinese military’s use of radar on Japanese fighter jets last week, as Tokyo refuted Beijing’s claims it had given sufficient advance notice of military drills near Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/politics/china-radar-lock-on-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #china #defense #pla #shinjirokoizumi #defenseministry #donaldtrump #us #taiwan #sanaetakaichi
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to China doesn’t just reshape U.S. tech policy, it also raises questions about how far he’ll go to steady ties with his Chinese counterpart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/economy/trump-nvidia-china-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #nvidia #chipmakers #pla #china #us #computers #donaldtrump #xijinping #tech #jensenhuang
Japan scrambled fighter jets late Tuesday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft conducted joint patrols near the country, just days after Chinese jets locked their radar on Japanese aircraft amid rising tensions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/10/japan/china-russia-joint-air-patrol/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #pla #russia #sdf #defense #defenseministry
U.S. President Donald Trump decided to let Nvidia sell its H200 artificial intelligence chips to China after concluding the move carried a lower risk because Huawei already offers AI systems with comparable performance. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/10/tech/trump-nvidia-china-security-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #chipmakers #pla #china #us #computers #donaldtrump #xijinping #tech #jensenhuang
Tokyo has slapped down Beijing’s allegations that Self-Defense Forces aircraft had “harassed” Chinese military warplanes over the weekend, a day after Japan said the Chinese fighters had locked their radar onto SDF jets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/politics/china-japan-radar-lock-on-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #sdf #defense #defenseministry #minorukihara #sanaetakaichi #china #pla