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Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

Tokyo's lodging of a protest with Beijing over the installation of structures in the East China Sea marks the latest in a series of incidents between the two Asian rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/06/japan/politics/china-japan-security-tensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #chinajapanrelations #defense #eastchinasea #senkakus #disputedislands #sanaetakaichi #msdf

China's claim that Japan is returning to militarism is misleading because legal and institutional constraints make such a shift unlikely and current defense reforms reflect responses to changing regional threats. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/02/20/japan/myths-of-japanese-militarism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #wangyi #china #munichsecurityconference #yasukunishrine #taiwan #alliedoccupation #sdf #gsdf #msdf #sanaetakaichi #article9 #shinzoabe #defense #us

China may have tested Japan and the United States to see their response through military actions by its aircraft carrier Liaoning and bombers near Japan in December. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/28/japan/china-tests-japan-and-us-in-pacific/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #msdf #asdf #sdf #us #china #defense #usnavy #georgewashington #liaoning

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba inspected the Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Kaga, which is becoming a de facto aircraft carrier, at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/japan/politics/ishiba-msdf-destroyer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #msdf #uk #yokosuka #defense #aircraftcarriers

Britain's Prince of Wales aircraft carrier has made its Japan debut in the final leg of a monthslong Indo-Pacific deployment at the helm of a multinational carrier strike group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/japan/uk-prince-of-wales-carrier-japan-debut/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yokosuka #aircraftcarriers #princeofwales #ukjapanrelations #msdf

France’s first deployment of a carrier strike group to the Indo-Pacific in 60 years has allowed its navy to deepen its understanding of the region and boost interoperability with partner nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/18/asia-pacific/france-navy-carrier-commander-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #france #indopacific #francejapanrelations #msdf #defense #aircraftcarriers

The Maritime Self-Defense Force is upgrading its Izumo and Kaga destroyers into de facto aircraft carriers, equipping them to operate the F-35B stealth fighter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/17/japan/izumo-kaga-aircraft-carriers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #msdf #kaga #izumo #defense #us #usjapanrelations #aircraftcarriers #asdf

The Maritime Self-Defense Force said Tuesday it will conduct this autumn aircraft takeoff and landing tests on its helicopter-carrier Kaga in the United States using U.S. fighter jets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/11/japan/msdf-us-fighter-jets-tests/ #japan #aircraftcarriers #kaga #izumo #msdf #usmilitary

Japan and Italy’s rapidly intensifying military engagement is already paying dividends as the partners boost interoperability and exchange operational information, Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/26/japan/politics/italy-defense-minister-japan-interview/ #japan #politics #italyjapanrelations #italy #aircraftcarriers #defense #sdf #msdf