News Analysis The Chinese threat has heightened the need for collective defense operations between the United States, Japan, and Taiwan. However, the Taiwanese and Japanese armies are particularly ill-equipped for war, according to geo-strategists. Experts say the United States should support the two countries in order to resolve internal problems and establish competent joint operations….
Japan Signs Agreements With US to Secure Defense Supply Chains
The United States and Japanese defense chiefs signed two memorandums of understanding on Jan. 12 to expand cooperation in advanced technologies and defense supply chains as both nations seek to step up their alliance. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada signed the agreements during a meeting at the Pentagon,…
US, Japan to Discuss Bolstering Security Alliance Amid China Concerns
The United States and Japan will hold talks between their foreign and defense ministers about strengthening their security alliance in the face of communist China’s growing military threats, Japan’s government said on Jan. 6. Japan’s Minister of Defense Yasukazu Hamada and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi will meet with their U.S. counterparts, Secretary of…
US, Japan Hold Joint Military Drills in Response to North Korean Missile Launch
The United States and Japan on Tuesday deployed fighter jets for joint exercises in response to North Korea’s test firing of a ballistic missile over Japan. The drills were held in airspace west of Japan’s Kyushu region, involving eight Japanese fighter jets and four U.S. fighter jets, according to Japan’s Joint Staff. In a statement…
US to Bolster Cooperation With Japan in Semiconductors, Economic Security
The United States and Japan vowed on Friday to bolster cooperation in promoting economic security and building supply chain resilience in response to challenges posed by China and the Russia-Ukraine war. Top officials from both countries met in Washington for the inaugural “two-plus-two” talks, during which they unveiled a plan to launch a new joint…
New Japanese PM Has First Calls With American, Australian Leaders
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s new prime minister, made his first calls with heads of the United States and Australia on Oct. 5. Experts say he will continue a pro-U.S. and anti-China approach during his tenure. Kishida had a roughly 20-minute conversation with President Joe Biden, the first with a foreign leader since taking office one day…
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