3 years agoUS Department of State: .@SecBlinken met with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung to discuss the importance of trilateral cooperation to tackle the global challenges of the 21st Century
3 years agoEarthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 65 km S of Kushiro, Japan
3 years ago“The provocative actions of the US Navy vessel created a threat to the national security of Russia”, - said the Russian Defense Ministry
3 years ago The Russian Defense Ministry summoned the US military attache because of the discovery of submarine in the territorial waters of the Russian Federation
3 years agoRussian ministry of Defense says U.S. Virginia-class submarine was detected in Russian territorial waters near Kuril islands. Pacific Fleet Udaloy-class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov used special means and submarine retreated from the area
3 years ago Japanese citizens should leave Ukraine immediately, advises @MofaJapan_jp
3 years ago Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said the Quad's cooperation on the region's COVID response was "most critical", with cyber and maritime security, infrastructure, climate action and disaster relief - especially after the recent Tonga volcanic eruption - also in focus
3 years ago Asked by reporters if confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific was inevitable, Blinken replied "nothing is inevitable". "Having said that, I think we share concerns that in recent years China has been acting more aggressively at home and more aggressively in the region
3 years ago Foreign ministers of the so-called Quad, the informal grouping of the four countries, vowed to work on humanitarian relief, terrorism, cyber and maritime security and global supply chain challenges
3 years ago In a meeting among its foreign ministers, US, Australia, Japan and India on Friday pledged to deepen cooperation to ensure the Indo-Pacific region was free from "coercion", a thinly-veiled swipe at China's growing economic and military expansion
3 years ago The defense chiefs of South Korea, the US, and Japan commit to "closely cooperate" against North Korean missile threats and hold an in-person ministerial meeting during a trilateral phone call. The phone call intends to "send a coordinated message"
3 years ago Japan is artificially whipping up hysteria around the ownership of the Kuril Islands - Russian Foreign Ministry
3 years agoUS and Japan announce deal to remove Trump-era tariffs from about 1.25 million metric tons of Japanese steel imports annually
3 years agoDefense officials from the US, Japan, and ROK "conducted a call today to discuss regional security affairs," according to @DeptofDefense
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 48 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan
3 years agoU.S. and Japanese warships operate in Philippine Sea, China launched 39 aircraft near Taiwan in response
3 years ago VIDEO: 2 U.S. Carrier Groups, 2 Amphibious Ready Groups Drill with F-35s, Japanese Ships in the Philippine Sea - USNI News
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 29 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 30 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
3 years ago Biden told Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida today that while he remains focused on domestic issues and the current crisis in eastern Europe, the US still intends to "step up our game in the Indo-Pacific." That includes a trip to Japan later this spring, per senior official
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 - 36 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 - 24 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
3 years agoImproved Kilo submarine "Volkhov" in the Sea of Japan(East Sea) launched a missile "Caliber" from an underwater position on a ground target, - according to the Russian Defense Ministry
3 years ago Japanese and French foreign and defense ministers to meet for "two-plus-two" talks Thursday. The two sides are expected to discuss expanded security and defense cooperation at the meeting, the sixth such talks between the countries' top diplomats and defense chiefs
3 years agoNuke envoys of South Korea, U.S., Japan hold phone talks over North Korea's latest projectile launches
3 years ago Japan Coast Guard: North Korea launches what could be a ballistic missile
3 years agoJapan: The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued tsunami warnings in Amami and Tokara islands where waves with a predicted height of 3 meters are expected
3 years ago Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 33 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
3 years ago Japan protested to the Russian Federation over the shooting exercises, which, according to the Japanese side, have been held since January 11 in the waters near the island of Kunashir
3 years ago Recent COVID surge in Japan may be partly due to U.S. forces: Hayashi
