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US to sell weapons worth over $11 billion to Taiwan
Kyodo News, Published on 18/12/2025
» KYODO — The United States said Wednesday it has approved a potential sale of weapons and related equipment worth more than US$11 billion to Taiwan, at a time when the self-governing democratic island faces increased military pressure from China.
Japan builds up ‘missile archipelago’ near Taiwan to counter China
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/12/2025
» TOKYO — As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of Yonaguni finds itself right on the front lines.
Japan military on alert for Pyongyang missile
AFP, Published on 22/04/2023
» TOKYO: Japan ordered its military on Saturday to prepare to shoot down a North Korean ballistic missile after Pyongyang said this week that it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite.
North Korea fires ICBM missile that lands in Japan's EEZ
AFP, Published on 18/02/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.
North Korean missile lands in Japanese waters
Published on 18/02/2023
» TOKYO: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.
Japan 'strongly suspects' airships likely Chinese spy balloons
South China Morning Post, Reuters, Published on 15/02/2023
» TOKYO: Japan's government said on Tuesday that three unidentified flying objects spotted over the nation's territory in three years from 2019 are "strongly suspected" to have been Chinese spy balloons.
China sends 57 planes near Taiwan in high-intensity combat exercise
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/01/2023
» China sent 57 planes and four warships close to Taiwan in the 24 hours before 6am on Monday, in what appeared to be a part of joint navy and air force combat drills announced by the People's Liberation Army’s Eastern Theatre Command late on Sunday.
Pyongyang's ICBM was a dud, says Seoul
Published on 03/11/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) during a new salvo of launches on Thursday, the South Korean military said, as Washington urged all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang.
North Korea fires three ballistic missiles, Seoul says
AFP, Published on 03/11/2022
» SEOUL: North Korea fired one long-range and two short-range ballistic missiles Thursday, Seoul's military said, with one prompting warnings for residents of a South Korean island and people in parts of northern Japan to seek shelter.
Amid Ukraine war, US flys Russian cosmonaut to ISS
AFP, Published on 05/10/2022
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (UNITED STATES) - A SpaceX spaceship blasted off from Florida Wednesday, headed for the International Space Station and carrying a Russian crewmate, in a voyage that carries symbolic significance amid the Ukraine war.