It’s Getting More Likely The Japanese Would Fight For Taiwan
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War begins (Jul 13,2021) US and Japan Military Warn All-out War with China Military near Taiwan
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Taiwan Strait a ‘Powder Keg’ That Could Set Off World War, Military Expert Warns
The Taiwan Strait is a “powder keg” that has the potential to trigger a world war, a military analyst said on Tuesday as a panel of experts gathered to discuss U.S. foreign policy from a Taiwanese perspective. A Chinese aircraft carrier task group led by Liaoning is currently conducting what Beijing has called a “routine” combat exercise east of Taiwan,…
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China Media Warns Japan Against Siding With U.S. Over Taiwan
Communist Party newspaper says Japan faces “grave” consequences—including countermeasures by Beijing—if it sides with the United States over the question of Taiwan‘s security in the face of an increasingly assertive China. Japan‘s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and President Joe Biden will together stress the importance of stability in the Taiwan Strait following their summit in Washington next month, reports Nikkei Asia,…
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Japan will not join U.N. nuclear ban treaty, says government spokesman
Japan will not join a U.N. treaty banning nuclear weapons, the government’s top spokesman said Monday, reiterating a stance that puts it in lockstep with the United States but could be seen as contradicting its anti-nuclear position. “We believe, given the increasingly difficult security environment surrounding Japan, it is appropriate to make steady and realistic…
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Yukio Okamoto’s Death Is a Tragic Loss for U.S.-Japan Relations
The master Japanese diplomat helped keep a complicated alliance on the rails. Yukio Okamoto, a diplomacy analyst and former advisor to past Japanese prime ministers, in 2015. KYODO VIA AP IMAGES It was a shock for many of us in Japan’s diplomatic corps to hear that our former colleague and incisive commentator Yukio Okamoto, who always…
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Japan struggles to avoid Trump’s tariff threat as deadline looms
Higher tariffs on Japanese cars, the country’s biggest export to the US, are still being negotiated. US President Donald Trump has been adamant about reducing its trade deficit with other nations, while two-thirds of Japan’s trade surplus with the US comprises vehicle sales [File: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg] Japan‘s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may have averted giving away too…
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Trump says U.S.-Japan security pact has to be changed
OSAKA U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that a decades-old security treaty between their countries must be changed, reiterating his criticism of the pact as unfair. Trump said he was not planning to withdraw from the treaty, which the partners have long called a linchpin of Asia-Pacific…
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Trump Meets Japan’s Emperor Naruhito at Imperial Palace
Left to right, first lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are seen at the the welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Japan, May 27, 2019. TOKYO — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday became the first foreign leader to meet with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, who ascended…
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US reaffirms sanctions campaign on North Korea, keeps up pressure on Japan on trade
US Vice President Mike Pence (left) with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Tokyo, Japan on 13 Nov, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE TOKYO – US Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday (Nov 13) reaffirmed the need to work with Japan to maintain the sanctions campaign on North Korea until its denuclearisation,…
