The Yen Is Plunging. So Is Japan’s Defense Budget.
The yen’s collapse this yearto a nearly four-decade low is undermining Japan’s plans for its largest military buildup in postwar history.
Fumio Kishida in asian news
Japan and Philippines to sign defense pact letting Tokyo’s forces train in Southeast Asian country
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Japan and the Philippines are signing a key defense pact Monday that would allow the deployment of Japanese forces for joint military exercises, including live-fire drills, to the Southeast Asian nation that came under brutal Japanese occupation in World War II but is now building an alliance with Tokyo as they face an increasingly assertive China.
Japan to build hospital ships to boost disaster response in coastal areas: ‘a huge help’
Japan is planning to construct hospital ships that will be able to respond quickly to natural disasters in coastal areas, with one medical expert who volunteered in the aftermath of the January 1 earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula saying such vessels would have been a “huge help”.
The fool’s-based international order
First Biden, then Macron and next week the unfortunate Rishi Sunak. Japan’s Kishida, Germany’s Scholz and Canada’s Trudeau remain in office only because the election cycle doesn’t require them to assay the voters.
Japan, U.S., South Korea start military drills to counter North
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan, the United States and South Korea on Thursday began a new joint military exercise in the East China Sea spanning aerial, naval and cyber domains, apparently to boost their readiness against North Korea's missile and nuclear threats.
Fumio Kishida, Japan’s unpopular PM, has support of just 10% of public: poll
Only 10.4 per cent of the Japanese public want Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to win the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership race slated for September and continue serving as premier, the latest Kyodo News poll showed on Sunday.
Japan’s PM Fumio Kishida says new inflation-relief steps to be drawn up around autumn
The aid will come on top of government subsidies that Kishida also vowed to retain to cut household utility bills. Rising prices have weighed heavily on consumers despite his emphasis on wealth redistribution via pay hikes.
Japan, New Zealand leaders agree on pact to boost information sharing
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The leaders of Japan and New Zealand effectively agreed Wednesday on a pact to enhance their classified information sharing, as the regional security environment becomes more severe amid China's growing military assertiveness.