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Japan’s defence ministry officials start using social media to counter unilateral claims made by China

As part of the upcoming revision of three key security documents before the end of the year, the government plans to designate efforts to strengthen its external communications as…

  • Published: July 10, 20265:40 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Taiwan warns of China ‘expansionism’ persisting without global action

Chinese ships regularly ply the East China Sea, Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea to assert Beijing’s maritime claims over disputed waters and islands, causing increasing…

  • Published: July 9, 20268:56 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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Japan, China coast guards face off near disputed islands

The incident occurred near uninhabited islands claimed as the Senkaku in Japan and the Diaoyu in China, which sit between Taiwan and Okinawa and have caused diplomatic tensions…

  • Published: July 8, 20268:22 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post
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China conducts flight test of nuclear-capable missile in the Pacific

During the historic test, the first to be made public in nearly four decades, a nuclear-powered strategic submarine of the People's Liberation Army Navy launched a nuclear-capable…

  • Published: July 7, 20268:24 am
  • Author Zhao Lei
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Japan’s Foreign Ministry to promote Japanese philosophy overseas, apply it to diplomacy

The goal is to increase the number of Japan experts in the international community and thereby create an environment where Japanese opinions are more readily accepted.

  • Published: July 7, 20265:35 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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Taiwan military resumes ‘anti-communist’ classes for graduates, citing Chinese threat

During the Cold War, campaigns in Taiwan warning against the dangers of the “communist bandits” in China, whose government views the island as its own territory, were…

  • Published: July 6, 20269:03 am
  • Author The Straits Times
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China blasts Japan’s repeated promotion of ‘free and open Indo-Pacific’ concept

Since the beginning of this year, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has peddled the new version of the "free and open Indo-Pacific".

  • Published: July 3, 20268:25 am
  • Author Zhou Jin
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South Korea President Lee vows to revive policy of reconciliation with North Korea

President Lee Jae Myung receives former president Moon Jae-in at the Blue House for the first time since his inauguration. Over lunch, they discussed policy directives that had…

  • Published: July 2, 20268:26 am
  • Author Son Ji-hyoung
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Japan’s arctic policy to be revised with emphasis on research, cooperation

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who heads the government’s Headquarters for Ocean Policy, gave the instruction in its meeting on Monday.

  • Published: July 1, 202611:09 am
  • Author The Yomiuri Shimbun
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China imposes new export controls, deepening Japan row

The new additions, including major companies, "have participated in enhancing Japan's military capabilities", the Chinese commerce ministry said in a statement.

  • Published: June 30, 20268:20 am
  • Author The Jakarta Post

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