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Asia Times
March 15, 2018
During his just-concluded state visit to India, French President Emmanuel Macron tried to position the Dassault Rafale multirole fighter jet as the frontrunner in the competition to provide the Indian Air Force with 36 new combat aircraft. He failed, but this did not prevent France from bolstering its strategicÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 13, 2018
“Carl Vinson operated with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force last year, and we are doing so again this year.” ... The U.S. has also criticized the Chinese militarization of its South China Sea islands, fearing the outposts could be used to restrict free movement in the waterway — which includes vital seaÃâà...
The Japan Times
March 6, 2018
“My view on that is both those, land reclamation and the militarization, cause angst within the region. And the angst that it causes is really because of lack of transparency,” Sawyer said. “It's not quite clear what's going to happen down there. And I think that angst and that lack of transparency is potentiallyÃâà...
Mintpress News
March 1, 2018
Amid Marine Base Hazards, Okinawa Struggles With New Wave of US & Japanese Militarization ... Nearly half of the 50,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan are based in Okinawa's islands, where locals have been forced to tolerate an American military footprint that has included prostitution, environmentalÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 24, 2018
He says the increasing militarization on the ground and the clear lack of unity on the Security Council “fundamentally changed the circumstances for the effective exercise” of his role as mediator. Annan had proposed a six-point plan calling for a cessation of combat and a political transition. But the plan isÃâà...
Newsweek
February 21, 2018
Both Koreas consider the two islands and their surrounding rocks—known collectively as Dokdo in Korean, Takeshima in Japanese and the Liancourt ... Japan's denial of wrongdoing during its imperial past with Korea has created bitterness between the two countries, as has Seoul's militarization of theÃâà...
Xinhua
August 31, 2017
Since Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe re-took office in 2012, under the flag of the so-called "active pacifism," Japan is, in many people's eyes, sliding further and further down the dangerous road of remilitarization. From lifting ban on collective self-defense right to forced passage of the controversialÃâà...
New York Times
August 29, 2017
GOTEMBA, Japan — The Japanese soldiers jumped out of the jeeps, unloaded the antitank missiles and dropped to the ground. .... Liberals continue to oppose a military buildup in Japan, but some analysts say younger people don't understand the dangerous stakes of tilting toward militarism.
Brookings Institution (blog)
December 31, 1999
It also supplements Vietnam's concurrent deepening in defense ties with other U.S. security partners in the region, including Japan and India. ... The common concern propelling such security cooperation is China, and specifically its massive reclamation and militarization activities in the South China Sea.
Ryukyushimpo
December 31, 1999
China's militarization in the South China Sea is intolerable. However, matching military with more military is simply foolish. In 2016, the Japan Ground Self Defense Forces' (JGSDF) coastal surveillance unit was permanently installed on Yonaguni Island. Now, in addition to Miyako and Ishigaki Islands, theÃâà...
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