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
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
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
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
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"
Japan is artificially whipping up hysteria around the ownership of the Kuril Islands - Russian Foreign Ministry
US and Japan announce deal to remove Trump-era tariffs from about 1.25 million metric tons of Japanese steel imports annually
Defense officials from the US, Japan, and ROK "conducted a call today to discuss regional security affairs," according to @DeptofDefense
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 48 km ESE of Kamaishi, Japan
1 рік томуU.S. and Japanese warships operate in Philippine Sea, China launched 39 aircraft near Taiwan in response
1 рік томуVIDEO: 2 U.S. Carrier Groups, 2 Amphibious Ready Groups Drill with F-35s, Japanese Ships in the Philippine Sea - USNI News
Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 - 29 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 30 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
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
Earthquake of magnitude 6.6 - 36 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 - 24 km SSE of Saiki, Japan
Improved 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
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
Nuke envoys of South Korea, U.S., Japan hold phone talks over North Korea's latest projectile launches
Japan Coast Guard: North Korea launches what could be a ballistic missile
1 рік томуJapan: The Japan Meteorological Agency has issued tsunami warnings in Amami and Tokara islands where waves with a predicted height of 3 meters are expected
Earthquake of magnitude 4.6 - 33 km ESE of Ishinomaki, Japan
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
Recent COVID surge in Japan may be partly due to U.S. forces: Hayashi
Earthquake of magnitude 4.7 - 55 km NE of Nishinoomote, Japan
Earthquake of magnitude 4.8 - 17 km SSE of Nishinoomote, Japan
"The missile launch highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK's illicit weapons program" per @INDOPACOM "The US commitment to the defense of the Republic of Korea & Japan remains ironclad"
Japan and South Korea discuss North Korean missile launch via phone - Kyodo
1 рік томуPreliminary reports indicate North Korea launched a "hypersonic" missile into the East Sea/Sea of Japan. Range: 700km/434.96 miles Apogee: 60km/196,850 feet Max Speed: Mach 10
The FAA ordered a full ground stop at all West Coast airports on Monday, as North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan(East Sea). The stop lasted for about seven minutes.
