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Buildings collapse, trapping residents, and fires break out but tsunami warning lowered after series of major earthquakes in Japan Japan issues tsunami warnings for west coast after 7.6-magnitude earthquakeThe first reports of injuries are coming in fr…
TOKYO (Reuters) — A massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan on Monday, triggering a tsunami warning and advisories for residents to evacuate. A tsunami around 1 meter high struck parts of the coast along the Sea of Jap…
Freight and logistics sector is turning to women to fill gap as demand for drivers grows alongside cap on overtimeWhen Mayumi Watanabe tells people what she does for a living, most struggle to hide their surprise, and not just because of her diminutive…
Keep your eyes on the Second Scarborough Shoal and other atolls in the South China Sea, where China has pressed an increasingly aggressive and dangerous campaign.
DefenceTalkJapan, Britain and Italy signed Thursday a treaty formalizing plans to jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet to pool resources and better face new threats. “This combat air aircraft, due to take to the skies by 2035, aims to ha…
On August 31, 1998, North Korea fired a Taepodong 1 missile into Japanese airspace, taking allies and adversaries by surprise. Fifteen years later, China emerged as an even more ominous concern for Japan’s security. Following the summer 1998 incident, it took another quarter of a century for Japan to emancipate itself from pacifist policies, revamp […]
Japanese Space Strategy: Deploying a Credible Deterrent was originally published on Global Security Review.
China’s use of a salami-slicing strategy to gradually extend its influence in the South and East China Seas is proving challenging for the United States. One potential American countermeasure is to co-opt China’s strategy by “reversing the Salami.” With the dynamics of the East and South China Seas presenting a highly intricate geopolitical chessboard, fraught […]
US Maneuvering in the Yaeyama Islands and the Second Thomas Shoal to Counter China was originally published on Global Security Review.
Pyongyang claims success on third attempt – breaching a 2018 agreement meant to reduce tensions, says SouthSouth Korea has moved to partially suspend a 2018 military agreement with North Korea, which said it had successfully launched its first military…
Without a sound defense industrial base, Japan’s likelihood of overcoming the turbulence in the region will be significantly diminished.
Japan plans to establish a new 1 trillion yen ($6.6 billion) fund to develop the country’s outer space industry. “We believe it is a necessary fund to speed up our country’s space development so we don’t lag behind the increasingly intensifying interna…