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☆ U.S., Japan to hold high-level security talks on nuclear deterrence
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Foreign and defense ministers from Japan and the United States will hold security talks on July 28 that for the first time will cover "extended deterrence", a term used to describe the U.S. commitment to use its nuclear forces to deter attacks on allies. Foreign and defense ministers from Japan and the United States will hold security talks on July 28 that for the first time will cover "extended deterrence," a term used to describe the U.S. commitment to use its nuclear forces to deter attacks on allies. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will also hold three-way talks with his counterparts from Japan and South Korea. The security talks with Japan will also include efforts to deepen cooperation between defense industries and upgrade command structures to improve coordination between their militaries . "These historic 2+2 talks will cement our shift from a focus on Alliance protection to one of Alliance projection," U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said.

Persons: Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink, we're, Antony Blinken, Lloyd Austin, Rahm Emanuel Organizations: U.S ., U.S, State, East, Pacific Affairs, U.S . Defense, Japan, United States, Alliance, East Asia, Self Defense Forces Locations: Japan, United States, Washington, Tokyo, U.S, China, Russia, North Korea, East Asia, South Korea, Pacific, Asia

☆ U.S. eyes change to military command in Japan as China threat looms: Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will agree next month to tighter military cooperation, including talks on the biggest potential change to Washington's East Asia command structure in decades, two sources said. Kishida wants to establish the joint command headquarters before the end of March 2025. Tokyo has said it has "serious concern" over China's growing military power and the threat it poses Taiwan, just over 100 km (62 miles) from Japanese territory. A four-star commander — the highest peacetime rank in any of the U.S. service branches — would match the rank of the Japanese counterpart in the new headquarters. A U.S. officer of that rank might lay the groundwork for a future unified Japanese-U.S. command, experts say.

Persons: Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, Biden, Kishida, Yoshimasa Hayashi, — Organizations: Japanese, East, Japanese Self Defense Forces, Financial Times, U.S, Biden Locations: East Asia, Washington, Japan, South Korea, Tokyo, Taiwan, U.S

TOKYO, Nov 29 (Reuters) - A U.S. military V-22 Osprey aircraft crashed near an island in western Japan on Wednesday with eight people onboard, Japan's coast guard said. The aircraft disappeared from radar at 2:40 p.m. local time, Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said. Another crash-landed in the ocean off Japan's southern island of Okinawa in December 2016, prompting a temporary U.S. military grounding of the aircraft. The deployment of the Osprey in Japan has been controversial, with critics saying the hybrid aircraft is prone to accidents. The U.S. military and Japan say it is safe.

Persons: Hirokazu Matsuno, Kiyoshi Takenaka, Tim Kelly, Satoshi Sugiyama, John Geddie, David Dolan, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Osprey, U.S, Marines, U.S . Marines, U.S . Navy, Japan Self Defense Forces, Thomson Locations: TOKYO, U.S, Japan, Australia, Okinawa

☆ Japan and South Korea defense stocks jump after Hamas attack, aviation stocks slide
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

At his first troop review Saturday, Kishida renewed his pledge to consider "all options," including acquiring enemy base strike capability. Japanese and South Korean defense stocks surged on Tuesday as both stock markets returned to their first day of trading following the weekend attack of Israel by Palestinian militants Hamas. In South Korea, defense heavyweights Hanhwa Aerospace — which builds artillery and air defense systems — gained 2.23%, while Korea Aerospace Industries rose 4.07%. KAI produces fighter jets and aviation platforms for the South Korean military. Smaller South Korean defense players saw bigger gains.

Persons: Fumio Kishida, Kishida, Israel, KAI Organizations: Japan's, Defense Force, Hamas, Hanhwa Aerospace, Korea Aerospace Industries, South Korean, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Japan's Self Defense Forces Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Israel, Gaza, South Korea

☆ North Korean spy satellite: Japan prepared to shoot down rocket if necessary, minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Junko Ogura | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Toyko CNN —Japan says it is prepared to shoot down a North Korean spy satellite rocket if it needs to. In a statement released by the Ministry of Defense, Hamada did not rule out shooting down the rocket used to launch the satellite. The Japanese military will deploy ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles and Aegis-equipped destroyer warships carrying sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptor projectiles, the statement added. North Korean state media KCNA reported on Wednesday that its leader Kim Jong Un had ordered officials to prepare to launch the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite. North Korea claimed as early as last December that it had conducted an “important final stage test” for the development of a spy satellite.

Meeting Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Chairman Mitsuo Ohashi in Taipei on Friday, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said she expected greater defence cooperation with Japan. "Japan is making a late start, it is like we are 200 metres behind in a 400-metre sprint," he added. China defence spending overtook Japan's at the turn of the century, and now has a military budget more than four times larger. Japan says it wants ship-launched U.S. Tomahawk cruise missiles made by Raytheon Technologies (RTX.N) to be part of its new deterrent force. To pay for the military build-up, Kishida's ruling bloc earlier on Friday said it will raise tobacco, corporate and disaster-reconstruction income taxes.

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