TOKYO (Kyodo News)—Japan has dispatched a Maritime Self-Defense Force flotilla on a deployment to 11 Indo-Pacific countries and one foreign territory as part of joint naval exercises with the United States and other countries undertaken to counter a more assertive China. In the annual deployment…
TOKYO (Yomiuri Shimbun) — Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and visiting U.S. President Joe Biden confirmed at a meeting Monday that their two nations will jointly stand in opposition to China and Russia, which are increasing their military activities in East Asia, and play a leading…
There is only one China in the world and that Taiwan is an inalienable part of it. So said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin in yesterday’s press conference. Earlier this week, United States President Joseph R. Biden was asked in a media conference on whether…
TOKYO (Kyodo News) — Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday endorsed a plan to discharge treated water stored at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea. The plan to release treated water, expected to start around next spring, will be officially approved…
