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☆ Delayed U.S. Weapons Raise Taiwan’s Vulnerability to Invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te declared victory in the island’s presidential vote on Saturday. Lai’s Democratic Progressive Party secured an unprecedented third straight term in the presidency. Photo: An Rong Xu/Bloomberg NewsTAIPEI—Taiwan has ordered some $19 billion in American missiles, rocket launchers and other weapons to help it defend itself against threats from Beijing. The only problem: U.S. delivery on many of those orders is years away. The delays increase Taiwan’s vulnerability to a Chinese invasion or blockade, say military analysts and former Taiwanese defense officials, since the island’s own weapons industry remains small.

Persons: Lai Ching, Rong Xu Organizations: Democratic Progressive Party, Bloomberg News TAIPEI Locations: Taiwan, Beijing

☆ Remains of Crew From U.S. Military Aircraft Found in Japanese Waters
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Japanese coast guard was used in the search for the Osprey. Photo: Kyodonews/Zuma PressTOKYO—Searchers have found the sunken main fuselage of a U.S. military aircraft that crashed off the coast of southern Japan last week as well as the remains of five of the seven missing crew, the Air Force said Monday. Two of the five have been recovered, and teams from the U.S. and Japan are working on retrieving the others, the Air Force said.

Organizations: Zuma Press, Air Force Locations: U.S, Japan

☆ Japan Asks U.S. Military to Suspend Osprey Flights After Fatal Crash
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Alastair Gale | Chieko Tsuneoka | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Search and rescue efforts were ongoing after a U.S. military aircraft crashed off the coast of southern Japan, the Japanese coast guard said. Photo: Japan Coast Guard/ReutersTOKYO—Japan asked the U.S. military to suspend flights by its Osprey aircraft after a fatal crash a day earlier rekindled local concerns about the safety of the tilt-rotor plane. Japan’s coast guard, police and military continued search-and-rescue operations around the crash site Thursday for seven people who were in the Air Force’s CV-22 aircraft when it plunged into the sea near the southern island of Yakushima.

Organizations: Japan Coast Guard, Reuters, Reuters TOKYO —, Osprey Locations: Japan, Reuters TOKYO, Reuters TOKYO — Japan, Yakushima

☆ U.S. Military Aircraft Crashes in Japanese Waters With Six Aboard
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Alastair Gale | Chieko Tsuneoka | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Japanese coast guard ship searches around waters off the island of Yakushima, near where a U.S. military Osprey aircraft crashed. Photo: Kyodonews/Zuma PressTOKYO—A U.S. military Osprey aircraft with six people on board crashed into the sea off southern Japan on Wednesday, the Japanese coast guard said. It said one of the six was confirmed dead, and ships and aircraft were searching for the others. Initially, the coast guard said eight people were aboard the Osprey.

Organizations: Zuma Press Locations: Yakushima, U.S, Japan

☆ The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A Chinese nuclear-powered submarine took part in a 2019 naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao. For decades, the U.S. hasn’t had to worry much about China’s submarines. They were noisy and easy to track. The Chinese military, meanwhile, struggled to detect America’s ultraquiet submarines. Now, China is narrowing one of the biggest gaps separating the U.S. and Chinese militaries as it makes advances in its submarine technology and undersea detection capabilities, with major implications for American military planning for a potential conflict over Taiwan.

Persons: hasn’t Locations: Qingdao, U.S, China, Taiwan

☆ U.S. Worries About Escalation in Pacific as Chinese Military Steps Up Confrontation
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A still image taken from video footage from China’s CCTV shows a Chinese jet fighter over an area near Taiwan. Photo: Associated PressChina’s jet fighters are harassing American military aircraft and stepping up sorties around Taiwan. Its coast guard is confronting a U.S. security treaty ally in the South China Sea, leading to a recent collision. Amid the tensions, talks between the U.S. and Chinese militaries remain largely frozen, which leads Washington to worry that a misstep could trigger a dangerous escalation.

Organizations: Press, U.S Locations: Taiwan, South China, Washington

☆ China’s Leaders Are Directing Jet-Fighter Harassment of U.S. Aircraft, Pentagon Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Pentagon released footage showing Chinese jets performing “reckless maneuvers” close to American and other military planes over the past two years. The U.S. said the nearly 300 incidents were orchestrated by senior Chinese leaders. Photo: Department of DefenseChinese jet fighters have performed reckless maneuvers close to American and other military aircraft almost 300 times in the past two years under a centrally directed campaign of coercion, the Pentagon said. Offering new video footage and photos, the U.S. gave the most detailed account yet of dangerous encounters involving Chinese jet fighters and leveled its most direct accusation that the incidents are orchestrated by senior Chinese leaders.

Organizations: Pentagon, Department of Defense Locations: U.S

☆ U.S. Sends Drone Ships to Western Pacific in First Deployment Near China
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China, U.S. Test Intelligent-Drone Swarms in Race for Military AI Dominance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ China Replaces Missile Commander Days After Removing Foreign Minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Alastair Gale | Chun Han Wong | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Would Allies Fight With U.S. for Taiwan? Japan Is Wary
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones Locations: taiwan, japan

☆ NATO’s New Focus on China Creates Internal Tension About Mission Creep
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Japan in Talks to Provide Artillery Shells to U.S. to Boost Stocks for Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Persons: Dow Jones, 7be5ddf9 Locations: japan, ukraine

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☆ China’s Missile Threat Drives New U.S. Approach in Asia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Rising Nuclear-Weapons Risks Overshadow G-7’s Push for Disarmament at Hiroshima
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Zelensky Takes Center Stage on Final Day of G-7 Summit in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Zelensky Arrives in Japan to Attend G-7, Meet Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ In Beijing, Japan’s Foreign Minister Warns Over Russia-China Military Ties
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Alastair Gale | Austin Ramzy | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Japan Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, left, discussed a range of issues with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing Sunday. TOKYO—Japan’s foreign minister raised concerns in Beijing about increasing Russian and Chinese joint military activity on a day when Tokyo formally opened its closest missile base to China. Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told his Chinese counterpart, Qin Gang, that China should play a responsible international role and called for the release of a Japanese citizen detained in China, according to Tokyo’s account of the meeting.

☆ South Korea’s President Yoon Arrives in Japan for Rare Summit Talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Alastair Gale | Dasl Yoon | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Tokyo on Thursday. TOKYO—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Tokyo on Thursday for the first formal summit between the leaders of South Korea and Japan since 2011, with trade and intelligence sharing on the agenda. Mr. Yoon’s visit comes after his administration last week proposed a plan to resolve a standoff over payments for Koreans forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II, one of the most contentious of an array of disputes between two countries.

☆ South Korea, Japan to Hold First Two-Way Summit Talks in More Than a Decade
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Alastair Gale | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, greeting South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Cambodia last year. TOKYO—South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Tokyo for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida next week, a resumption of two-way summit diplomacy after more than a decade as tensions with North Korea and China drive the U.S. allies to work more closely together. The trip, announced by both sides on Thursday, comes after the South Korean government released a plan earlier this week for paying compensation to Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II. Under the plan, the companies themselves wouldn’t have to pay.

South Koreans who were forced to work for Japanese companies during World War II and their supporters protested a plan to resolve a longstanding dispute over their compensation, casting uncertainty over the ultimate success of a proposal to improve ties between Seoul and Tokyo. On Monday, South Korea’s foreign ministry said a local foundation would offer payments to three people who were sent to work for the companies, as well as 12 families of deceased former workers who had all won court rulings against the firms for compensation. In 2018, South Korea’s Supreme Court upheld the decisions.

In announcing the compensation plan Monday, South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin called cooperation between South Korea and Japan ‘incredibly important.’A South Korean fund will compensate Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II, the South Korean government said Monday, part of an arrangement with the Japanese government to resolve differences between the two U.S. allies. The rapprochement boosts U.S. efforts to foster cooperation between its allies to counter China and North Korea.

Japan and South Korea are near an agreement to compensate Koreans forced to work in Japan during World War II, officials said, boosting U.S. efforts to foster cooperation between its allies to counter China and North Korea. Seoul is set to release a plan as early as Monday for a South Korean fund to pay plaintiffs who have won court cases against Japanese companies over forced labor, the officials said. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol may later visit Tokyo, they said, although they cautioned that the talks aren’t finished and may still break down.

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