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Japan and Australia Seal Economic Security Pact, Boost Minerals and Defense Ties

The pact signals Tokyo’s bid to lead on economic security in a region uneasy about great‑power pressure.

Wong Begins Asia Trip With Tokyo Talks on Fuel Security

China Says It Held Live-Fire Drills East of Luzon

Japan Ends Ban on Lethal Arms Exports

Record Balikatan Drills in Philippines to Field 17,000 Troops and Japan’s Type 88 Missiles

Albanese Flies to Singapore to Secure Fuel as Australia Underwrites Emergency Imports

Japan Weighs Long-Range Attack Drones to Expand Counterstrike Reach

Japan’s JS Chokai Certified to Launch Tomahawk Missiles After U.S. Navy Refit

PIPIR Adds UK, Thailand, Launches Japan-Led Solid Rocket Motor Effort

Shallow M6.1 Quake off Northern Sumatra Rattles Simeulue, Triggers No Tsunami Alert

Philippines, Japan and U.S. Conclude Expanded Naval-Air Drills Near the Bashi Channel

Taiwan Reports 8 Chinese Aircraft and 6 Warships Nearby, With Most Flights Crossing Strait’s Median Line

Japan Sets Fiscal 2030 Timeline to Base Upgraded Air-Defense Missiles on Yonaguni

Japan Deepens Pacific Defense Ties at JPIDD With New Leadership Program

Kim Jong Un Tightens Grip at Party Congress With Elite Shake-Up and Sister’s Promotion

Russia Threatens Retaliation as South Korea Considers Joining NATO’s PURL for Ukraine

After Landslide, Takaichi Moves to Fast-Track Budget as Diet Convenes Feb. 18

Taiwan Reports 11 Chinese Aircraft and 8 Naval Vessels Near Island as Nine Cross Strait Median Line

China Sets APEC 2026 Agenda at Guangzhou Senior Officials’ Meeting

U.S. House Passes PROTECT Taiwan Act, Seeking China’s Exclusion From Global Finance Bodies if Taiwan Is Threatened