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Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2024
» KYODO - Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.
Attack on Taiwan will bring "resolute reaction" - US
Kyodo News, Published on 01/09/2023
» United States Congressman Rob Wittman said Friday any unprovoked attack on Taiwan will result in a "resolute reaction" from the United States, as he and other American lawmakers met with the island's leader Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei.
Taiwan president, US House speaker meet, defying China's threats
Kyodo News, Published on 06/04/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday met with US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy despite threats of unspecified retaliation from China, with the leader of the self-ruled island strident in her defense of democracy.
N. Korea launched missile as "warning to enemies"
Kyodo News, Published on 17/03/2023
» North Korea said Friday it conducted a launch drill for a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile the previous day to give "a stronger warning to the enemies" amid a large-scale military exercise being conducted by the United States and South Korea.
Asean, Japan to boost maritime security cooperation
Kyodo News, Published on 04/08/2022
» Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Thursday pledged to cooperate in promoting maritime security in the Indo-Pacific in a veiled counter to China's muscle-flexing in regional waters.
Art event featuring "comfort woman" statue in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 02/04/2022
» A controversial art exhibition featuring works such as a statue symbolizing "comfort women" who worked in Japan's wartime military brothels finally kicked off in Tokyo on Saturday, after being postponed for about 10 months due to protests by right-wing activists.
Japan not to send senior officials to Beijing Olympics
Kyodo News, Published on 24/12/2021
» Japan will not send a government delegation to the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, the top government spokesman said Friday, a decision seen as in line with a US-led diplomatic boycott of the sporting spectacle over China's human rights record.
Harris raps China's claims in South China Sea
Kyodo News, Published on 24/08/2021
» US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday denounced China's aggressive assertion of its territorial claims in the South China Sea in a speech she made in Singapore.
US destroyer sails in S.China Sea in ‘freedom of navigation’ op
Kyodo News, Published on 17/02/2021
» A US Navy destroyer sailed near the China-claimed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday in a "freedom of navigation" operation, the 7th Fleet said.
Asean defence chiefs, partners agree to promote peace
Kyodo News, Published on 10/12/2020
» Defence ministers from Asean and its eight partners, including the United States and China, wrapped up their one-day virtual meeting on Thursday, with all members reaffirming "the importance of maintaining and promoting peace, security, stability, safety, and freedom of navigation and overflight" in the region.