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Japan Approves Record ¥9 Trillion Draft Defense Budget, Accelerating Long-Range and Drone Buildup

The Cabinet's fiscal 2026 plan now requires parliamentary approval by March.

Taiwan Reports 40 Chinese Sorties as 26 Cross Taiwan Strait Median Line

China Holds Low-Key Nanjing Massacre Memorial Without Xi as Japan Row Over Taiwan Persists

Japan and U.S. Defense Chiefs Denounce Chinese Radar Lock, Tighten Coordination

Australia Clears Hanwha to Lift Austal Stake to 19.9% Under Tight Security Conditions

Japan Summons Chinese Envoy After Claim J-15s Locked Radar on F-15s Near Okinawa

China Masses Warships Across East Asia as Australia Tracks Type 075–Led Flotilla

Japan Considers Type-03 Missile Export to Philippines as Rule Change Advances

Taiwan Proposes $40 Billion, Eight-Year Defense Package to Build T‑Dome

Japan Advances Yonaguni Missile Deployment Near Taiwan as China Condemns Move

Japan Softens Tone as China Demands Retraction Over Taiwan Remarks

Taiwan Ends Fukushima-Era Curbs on Japanese Food Imports

U.S.-Led Malabar 2025 Concludes Near Guam as Quad Navies Rehearse Advanced Maritime Warfare

USFK Commander’s ‘East‑Up’ Map Recasts Korea as Hub of U.S.–Japan–Philippines Triangle

China’s Fujian Carrier Completes First Post-Commissioning Sea Training

U.S. Removes Typhon Missile Launchers From Japan’s Iwakuni Base

China Sends New Amphibious Assault Ship ‘Sichuan’ on First Trial Voyage From Shanghai

Takaichi Says China Blockade or Force Against Taiwan Could Trigger Japan’s Collective Defense

U.S.–South Korea Summit Fact Sheet Still on Hold as Security Text Is Reworked

Satellite Analysis Shows Major Expansion of China’s Missile Production Network