4 d. ago Japan secures land on island to monitor Chinese military activity amid rising tensions with Beijing: Report

Japan secures land on island to monitor Chinese military activity amid rising tensions with Beijing: Report  Anadolu Ajansı

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4 d. ago All countries have responsibility to urge Japan to eliminate remnants of militarism: Chinese spokesperson

All countries have responsibility to urge Japan to eliminate remnants of militarism: Chinese spokesperson  news.cgtn.com

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4 d. ago Beijing sanctions former Japanese military chief for ‘colluding with Taiwan separatists’

Beijing has imposed sanctions on Shigeru Iwasaki, former chief of the Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defence Forces, saying he had “colluded with separatist forces” in Taiwan, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday. It comes after Beijing lodged a protest with Tokyo in March over the appointment of Iwasaki as an honorary adviser to the Executive Yuan, the Taiwanese government’s highest administrative body. The “countermeasures” include freezing Iwasaki’s movable and immovable assets and...

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6 d. ago China marks Nanking massacre anniversary with warning against Japan’s militarism

A top official warned against moves to revive Japanese militarism as China held its annual national commemoration of the Nanking massacre amid tense ties with Tokyo. Speaking at a memorial ceremony in the eastern city of Nanjing on Saturday, Shi Taifeng, head of the ruling Communist Party’s organisation department, said that any attempt to revive militarism, challenge the post-war international order or undermine global peace and stability was “doomed to failure”, according to state broadcaster...

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6 d. ago China Warns Against Japanese Militarism at Massacre Memorial

China Warns Against Japanese Militarism at Massacre Memorial  Bloomberg.com

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7 d. ago Provocative Japanese actions risk plunging Asia into peril: China’s PLA Daily

China’s military mouthpiece warned on Friday that provocative actions by right-wing Japanese politicians risked plunging Asia into peril, as Beijing prepared to mark the 88th anniversary of the Nanking massacre amid heightened tensions with Tokyo. PLA Daily published the commentary as sirens are poised to wail across Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, at 10.01am on Saturday for the national memorial ceremony led by the Central Committee and the State Council. Introduced by China’s...

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7 d. ago Provocative Japanese actions risk plunging Asia into peril: PLA Daily

As Beijing prepared to mark the 88th anniversary of the Nanking massacre, China’s military mouthpiece warned on Friday that provocative actions by right-wing Japanese politicians risked plunging Asia into peril. PLA Daily published the warning in a commentary the day before sirens will sound out across Nanjing, the capital of eastern Jiangsu province, at 10.01am during national commemorations led by the Communist Party’s Central Committee and the State Council. According to China’s official...

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7 d. ago Japan, US defence chiefs cover radar row and other China tensions in phone call

US and Japanese defence chiefs spoke on the phone on Friday about the recent confrontation between Chinese and Japan Self-Defence Force fighter jets, as Tokyo said it did not seek to escalate the tensions. During the call, Japan’s defence minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth engaged in a “candid exchange” of views on the “rapidly deteriorating” security situation in the Indo-Pacific region, according to a Japanese defence ministry release. “The two sides stated serious...

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8 d. ago US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan

US and Japan hold joint flight drills as China ups military activity near Japan  WKYC

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8 d. ago US military sends show of strength to Japan as China’s navy, air drills continue

US bombers and stealth fighters took part in a joint military exercise with Japan on Wednesday while an American aircraft carrier arrived at a Japanese port on Thursday, in a show of force amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Tokyo. Japanese Self-Defence Forces (SDF) and the US military conducted the exercise “amid an increasingly severe security environment surrounding Japan”, Tokyo’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. “Through this exercise, we confirmed the strong commitment of...

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8 d. ago US military sends show of support to Japan as China’s navy, air drills continue

US bombers and stealth fighters took part in a joint military exercise with Japan on Wednesday while an American aircraft carrier arrived at a Japanese port on Thursday, in a show of force amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Tokyo. Japanese Self-Defence Forces (SDF) and the US military conducted the exercise “amid an increasingly severe security environment surrounding Japan”, Tokyo’s Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. “Through this exercise, we confirmed the strong commitment of...

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1 week ago China told Japan about air drills but not in enough detail to avoid danger, minister says

Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi acknowledged that China had notified Japan in advance about drills involving the aircraft carrier Liaoning that led to a stand-off between warplanes from the two countries over the weekend. However, Koizumi told a press conference on Wednesday that the notification lacked detail about the scale and location of the exercise in the Pacific southeast of Okinawa’s main island and Beijing had not provided “notices to air missions”, a warning to ships and...

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1 week ago Japan threatening us militarily, China foreign minister tells German counterpart

Japan threatening us militarily, China foreign minister tells German counterpart  Reuters

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1 week ago Chinese military, media put Japan’s isolated Ryukyu Islands squarely in Beijing’s crosshairs

Chinese military, media put Japan’s isolated Ryukyu Islands squarely in Beijing’s crosshairs  Washington Times

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1 week ago Japan keeps tabs on 4 Chinese navy ships near Okinawa after weekend stand

China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier continued its military drill in waters near Japan’s Okinawa on Sunday, Tokyo said, after a rare military stand-off between Chinese and Japanese fighter jets the previous day. The Liaoning and three guided missile destroyers were sailing northeast in the waters between Okinawa and Minami-Daito islands, and in waters around 190km east of Kikai Island, Japan’s defence ministry said on Sunday night. Furthermore, around 50 take-offs and landings by carrier-based...

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1 week ago Japan protests after China military jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft

Japan protests after China military jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft  2 News Nevada

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1 week ago China rejects Japan's radar claims, warns against harassing military drills

China rejects Japan's radar claims, warns against harassing military drills  China Daily

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1 week ago Japanese military aircraft 'harrassed' PLA Navy fighter jet's flight training, says China; Beijing urges...

Japanese military aircraft 'harrassed' PLA Navy fighter jet's flight training, says China; Beijing urges...  lokmattimes.com

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1 week ago Tokyo accuses Chinese fighters of locking on Japanese jets northeast of Taiwan

A rare military confrontation occurred in the waters northeast of Taiwan near the Miyako Strait on Saturday when Japan claimed that Chinese naval fighters had conducted intermittent fire-control radar illumination – a tactical precursor to missile engagement – on its F-15J fighter jets. According to Japan’s Ministry of Defence, J-15 fighters launched from China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier performed two separate instances of radar targeting. The first incident happened between 4.32pm and 4.35pm...

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1 week ago China military aircraft locked radar onto Japan fighters: Tokyo

China military aircraft locked radar onto Japan fighters: Tokyo  TRT World

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