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  1. Japan launches National Intelligence Bureau in bid to streamline intelligence

    Japan launched its National Intelligence Bureau on Friday, giving the country’s central intelligence coordinator a more prominent place within its national security apparatus. The bureau has a statutory mandate to integ…
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #defense #Espionage #KAZUYAHARA #MinoruKihara #news #SanaeTakaichi
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  2. alojapan.com/1518265/japan-lau Japan launches National Intelligence Bureau in bid to streamline intelligence #defense #Espionage #Japan #JapanNews #KAZUYAHARA #MinoruKihara #news #SanaeTakaichi Japan launched its National Intelligence Bureau on Friday, giving the country’s central intelligence coordinator a more prominent place within its national security apparatus. The bureau has a statutory mandate to integrate and organize material from across the government to inform

  3. Japan is closely watching with concern the U.S. government's plan to urge signatories to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the top government spokesperson said. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/ #japan #icc #minorukihara #usjapanrelations #tomokoakane

  4. Japan is closely watching with concern the U.S. government's plan to urge signatories to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the top government spokesperson said. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/07/ #japan #icc #minorukihara #usjapanrelations #tomokoakane

  5. China Coast Guard vessels have been asserting Beijing's claims to waters within Japan's exclusive economic zone south of Okinawa Prefecture's far-flung Yonaguni Island and east of Taiwan, Tokyo said Monday. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/ #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #defense #philippines #minorukihara #yonaguni #philippines

  6. China Coast Guard vessels have been asserting Beijing's claims to waters within Japan's exclusive economic zone south of Okinawa Prefecture's far-flung Yonaguni Island and east of Taiwan, Tokyo said Monday. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/06/ #japan #politics #china #chinajapanrelations #defense #philippines #minorukihara #yonaguni #philippines

  7. Japan plans to use what are known as bridging bonds to help finance Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's investment plans, in a development that comes as investors are already concerned about more debt issuance. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #bonds #minorukihara #investments

  8. Japan plans to use what are known as bridging bonds to help finance Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's investment plans, in a development that comes as investors are already concerned about more debt issuance. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #bonds #minorukihara #investments

  9. alojapan.com/1475230/futenma-b Futenma base site not yet returned to Japan, 30 years on #futenma #Henoko #MinoruKihara #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #USBASES #沖縄 NAHA – The site of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture has yet to be returned to Japan, although 30 years have passed since the two nations agreed on the transfer. Tokyo and Washington initially said that the return of the site in the Okinawa city of Ginowan would be realized within

  10. Japan ‘closely monitoring’ U.S. plans to blockade Strait of Hormuz

    Tokyo is “closely monitoring” a planned U.S. military operation to “blockade” the Strait of Hormuz, the Japanese government said Monday, following failed peace talks over the weekend. The latest showdown between the United States and …
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #donaldtrump #iran #MiddleEast #MinoruKihara #news #oil #U.S.-Japanrelations
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  11. alojapan.com/1475133/japan-clo Japan ‘closely monitoring’ U.S. plans to blockade Strait of Hormuz #DonaldTrump #iran #Japan #JapanNews #MiddleEast #MinoruKihara #news #oil #USJapanRelations Tokyo is “closely monitoring” a planned U.S. military operation to “blockade” the Strait of Hormuz, the Japanese government said Monday, following failed peace talks over the weekend. The latest showdown between the United States and Iran has put an increasingly fragile ceasefire betwee

  12. Thirty years after Tokyo and Washington agreed on a handover, Japan takes the fact that the site of the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa Prefecture has yet to be returned to Japan "seriously." japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/ #japan #us #usjapanrelations #okinawa #defense #minorukihara #usmilitary #futenma #ginowan

  13. Thirty years after Tokyo and Washington agreed on a handover, Japan takes the fact that the site of the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa Prefecture has yet to be returned to Japan "seriously." japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/ #japan #us #usjapanrelations #okinawa #defense #minorukihara #usmilitary #futenma #ginowan

  14. alojapan.com/1474128/japan-tak Japan takes U.S. Futenma base’s delayed relocation ‘seriously’ #defense #futenma #Ginowan #MinoruKihara #news #Okinawa #OkinawaNews #US #USMILITARY #USJapanRelations #沖縄 Thirty years after Tokyo and Washington agreed on a handover, Japan takes the fact that the site of the U.S. Futenma base in Okinawa Prefecture has yet to be returned to Japan “seriously,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Friday. The relocation of

  15. alojapan.com/1472914/japanese- Japanese journalist freed on bail from Iran’s notorious Evin Prison #ChiefCabinetSecretary #EvinPrison #iran #IranianAuthorities #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseForeignMinistry #JapaneseNews #journalist #MinoruKihara #news #nhk #PublicBroadcaster #ToshimitsuMotegi A Japanese national, who had been detained in Iran since January, has been released on bail, Tokyo confirmed on Tuesday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara announced that th

  16. The Japanese government will operate chartered flights from Oman and Saudi Arabia on Sunday to transport Japanese citizens in the Middle East back home amid growing regional tensions. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/ #japan #iran #middleeast #israel #us #sdf #minorukihara

  17. The Japanese government will operate chartered flights from Oman and Saudi Arabia on Sunday to transport Japanese citizens in the Middle East back home amid growing regional tensions. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/ #japan #iran #middleeast #israel #us #sdf #minorukihara

  18. Japan to strengthen Indo-Pacific strategy amid ‘new challenges’

    Japan has said that it will update the government’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” (FOIP) to better confront new and emerging challenges amid a deteriorating regional security environment. “It is necess…
    #Japan #JP #JapanNews #China #defense #foip #Indo-Pacific #Japanese #Japanesenews #MinoruKihara #news #rareearths #SanaeTakaichi
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  19. Sakie Yokota, the 90-year-old mother of a Japanese national abducted by North Korea in 1977, laments the lack of progress in fulfilling her long-cherished wish to bring her daughter back to Japan. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/ #japan #northkorea #abductions #sakieyokota #megumiyokota #minorukihara

  20. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara has met with Sakie Yokota, the mother of Megumi, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977. In the meeting, Sakie said she hopes there will be some progress this year on the issue. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/ #japan #politics #sakieyokota #megumiyokota #minorukihara #northkorea #northkoreajapanrelations

  21. Japan protested China’s deployment of a mobile drilling vessel in an area in the East China Sea known for gas reserves, as diplomatic tensions continue to escalate between Asia’s two largest economies. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/ #japan #politics #minorukihara #eastchinasea #gas #chinajapanrelations

  22. Tokyo has slapped down Beijing’s allegations that Self-Defense Forces aircraft had “harassed” Chinese military warplanes over the weekend, a day after Japan said the Chinese fighters had locked their radar onto SDF jets. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/ #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #sdf #defense #defenseministry #minorukihara #sanaetakaichi #china #pla

  23. Minoru Kihara, newly appointed as chief cabinet secretary under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government, has vowed to boldly revise the country's three key national security-related documents. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/ #japan #minorukihara #sanaetakaichi #securitylaws #defense

  24. The Japanese government has said it will renew measures to deal with the rising number of bear attacks nationwide — 12 of them fatal — as more bears are seen roaming around residential areas in the north of the country. japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/ #japan #society #animals #localgovernments #bears #shinjirokoizumi #norikazusuzuki #yoheimatsumoto #minorukihara #sdf