Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 Okinawa islanders near Taiwan
Japan on Thursday unveiled a plan to evacuate about 120,000 people from southern islets near Taiwan, regarded by China as its ...
Japan draws up plan to evacuate 120,000 from isles near Taiwan
The government unveiled its plan to evacuate tens of thousands of people from remote islands near Taiwan in case China acts ...
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Japan Stands Up New Joint Operations Command Planned to Work with Local U.S. Forces
Japan activated its Japan Self-Defense Force Joint Operations Command (JJOC) Monday, allowing its military to better conduct ...
Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
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The rattle of Okinawa: Chinese drones probe Japan’s defences
a Chengdu GJ-2 reconnaissance and attack drone – were tracked slipping through the airspace between Okinawa and Miyako Island, before entering the Pacific. The Japan Air Self-Defence Force ...
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Japan's plan to deploy missiles raises concern
Japan's new Defense Buildup Program outlines plans to establish two regiment-level battalions equipped with the High-Speed ...
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Japan acquires French and American underwater gliders for evaluation
The JMSDF has announced that it has acquired two types of unmanned underwater gliders as test examples for maritime ...
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep
This tiny island on Japan’s western frontier has no chain convenience stores. Nature lovers can dive with hammerhead sharks and watch miniature horses graze ...
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Japan's plan to deploy missiles raises concern
The most recent deployment occurred on Okinawa's main island in March 2024, following earlier placements on Ishigaki Island in 2023, Miyako Island in 2020, and Amami Oshima in 2019, according to Liu.
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Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Japan's westernmost island Located over 300 miles from Okinawa's main island ... such as Ishigaki, Miyako, and Yonaguni. A cattle ranch on Yonaguni has been transformed into a military base ...
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The tiny Japanese island militarizing on Taiwan’s doorstep
Missile units for PAC-3 interceptors have been deployed on Yonaguni and nearby Ishigaki and Miyako ... on the island also caused apprehension. Japan’s air and maritime forces in Okinawa ...
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U.S. Starts Two Pacific Submarine Drills, Chinese Surface Group Operating Near Australia
The release added that on Monday, Tianshuxing sailed southeast through the waters between Miyako Island and Okinawa to enter the Philippine Sea. JMSDF destroyer JS Harusame (DD-102) and JMSDF P-3C ...