Starting from fiscal year 2017, Japan will gradually deploy about 2 dozen F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, according to a June 25 announcement by the Japanese Defense Ministry. The F-35s (more…)
LONDON — Qatar has been preparing for the first Japanese military export in nearly 70 years. The Japanese daiy Nikkei reported that Qatar would receive electronic components for a (more…)
A Russian-made MI-171 military helicopter crashed into a farm field, killing 16 and injuring 5, in the outskirts of Hanoi on July 7. This is the fourth deadly crash (more…)
TEL AVIV — China has sent its first delegation to inspect Israel’s technology sector. Beijing has sent a delegation to explore partnerships with Israeli companies. The delegation, sponsored by (more…)
South Korean President Park Geun-Hye rejected the resignation of the prime minister she essentially fired weeks ago as the nation’s prime minister due to her inability to find a (more…)
A new “vertical” China map designed to include all China-claimed territory including the vast South China Sea in a single glance has set up a storm of protests from (more…)
After two rounds of historic warm-up talks in March and June — in China and Sweden, respectively — Japan and North Korea have agreed conduct official direct talks on (more…)
About 1,000 U.S. and Philippine troops are holding a joint naval exercise off the coast of the Philippine main island of Luzon but only 80 nautical miles away from (more…)
China last week signed a series of lucrative contracts with Greece, worth $4.5 billion, including one granting China the right to operate the port of Piraeus for 35 years. (more…)
