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China, North Korea and Russia represent biggest security challenge since World War II, Japan says
Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...
Japan calls China's military activity its biggest strategic challenge
Japan has raised strong caution about China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from around its ...
Japan Warns of China's Military Moves as Biggest Strategic Challenge
Japan raised strong caution against China’s rapid acceleration of military activity in extensive areas from its southwestern ...
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Japan’s defense forces struggle to attract recruits amid rising security challenges
The Japan Self-Defense Force has missed its recruitment goal for the last several years and is struggling to meet those goals ...
Japan’s governing coalition likely to lose upper house election, exit polls suggest
The governing coalition of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is likely to lose a majority in the smaller of Japan’s two ...
Russia warns U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea
Seoul, South Korea — Russia’s foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership ...
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Japan: China’s military activities could ‘seriously impact’ its security
China’s intensifying military activities could “seriously impact” its security, citing the first confirmed incursion by a ...
Japan PM Ishiba stays defiant after ruling coalition loses upper house majority
Potential challengers include Sanae Takaichi, who came second to Ishiba in last year’s LDP leadership race; Takayuki Kobayashi, a former minister for economic security; and Shinjiro Koizumi, son of ...
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Japan’s economic security strategy looks beyond the United States
The US–Japan Security Treaty — guaranteeing the defence of Japan itself — could become part of the negotiation agenda. Ishiba faces the challenge of steering such international events amid a complex ...