In a change of pace for the Japanese Self Defense Forces, all three branches of its military are participating with US Marines in war games off the coast of California with an emphasis on training the Japanese troops to hold and defend islands from invading forces. This comes after the controversy that erupted last year […]
Read MoreThe United States and Japan will be conducting a thorough review of their joint security arrangements after the election of Shinzo Abe returned the US-friendly Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (自由民主党) to power in Tokyo. Amid worsening tensions with China over the Senkaku Islands(尖閣諸島)/Diaoyu Islands (釣魚台列嶼), and the spectre of a nuclear North Korea capable of […]
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