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November 28, 2022

Japan holds interceptor drill near nuke plant amid North Korea threats

Kyodo News: Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force on Monday conducted a missile interceptor drill near a nuclear plant on the Sea

November 21, 2022

Japanese Maya-Class Destroyers Test-Fire SM-3 Missiles

Naval News: As part of the tests, JS Maya conducted a test firing of the SM-3 Block IIA, an advanced

November 14, 2022

Biden meets Japanese PM Kishida, condemns North Korea’s ‘ballistic missile programs’

First India: US President Joe Biden held a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on

November 1, 2022

Japan and Germany to hold Indo-Pacific security talks

Nikkei Asia: The Japanese foreign and defense ministers will hold talks with their counterparts in Germany on Thursday, Japan’s government

October 21, 2022

Japan Set to Buy SM-6s in Potential $450M Deal, Says State Department

USNI News: Japan is set to be the first country after the United States to field the Standard Missile 6

October 19, 2022

Analysis: Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 – and China’s Taiwan ambitions

Reuters: Between China’s 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its

October 5, 2022

Kishida, Biden eye stronger deterrence after missile launch

The Asahi Shimbun: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to shore up their respective nations’ deterrence

September 30, 2022

Defense chiefs of Japan, US, Australia set to meet in Hawaii on Sat.

The Mainichi: The defense ministers of Japan, the United States and Australia are scheduled to hold a trilateral meeting in

September 29, 2022

US, Japan, South Korea to stage anti-submarine exercise after North’s latest launch

Stars and Stripes: Naval forces from the United States, Japan and South Korea are set to carry out anti-submarine warfare

September 15, 2022

Japan and U.S. plan joint research on defending against hypersonic weapons

Japan Times: The Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs agreed on Wednesday that their nations will undertake joint technological research to