If Taiwan were to fall, Japan’s security architecture would be fundamentally compromised. The First Island Chain would ...
As Japan's ties with China worsened after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed support for Taiwan in November 2025, social ...
Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday reiterated his concern about a joint bomber flight by China and Russia off the Shikoku region in western Japan a week earlier, describing it as ...
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Kyodo News digest: Dec. 16, 2025

TOKYO - The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News. ---------- Japan lifts weeklong alert on ...
U.S. B-52 strategic bombers and Japanese fighter jets participated in a joint military exercise on Wednesday in a major show ...
Japan-based Marines held the first Marine Corps Attack Drone Competition, certifying troops as operators in preparation for ...
Balanophora lost photosynthesis long ago but kept tiny plastids that run key chemistry and shows how forest parasites adapt ...
Royal Caribbean International is removing visits to Japan from its itineraries departing from China onboard the Spectrum of ...
The Marine Corps reopened a small island airfield off Okinawa after two years of repairs, restoring a key training site and ...
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The United States Air Force did not announce the deployment of two B-52s to Japan, and it is unclear where the aircraft ...
China’s aircraft carrier Liaoning and three destroyers spent nearly a week operating around Japan’s southwestern islands, ...