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US wants Japan, South Korea to become bigger bargaining chips

Left Review Online March 16, 2021

US wants Japan, South Korea to become bigger bargaining chips

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Japan on Monday before heading to South Korea on Wednesday. The US will hold the "2+2" diplomatic and security talks with the two countries. The US has been very lofty in stressing the importance of...More

Japan’s plan for building anti-missile ships would undermine regional peace

Du Wenlong September 16, 2020

Japan’s plan for building anti-missile ships would undermine regional peace

Tokyo has told Washington that building specialized ships to counter ballistic missiles is the most viable alternative to the scrapped plan to deploy land-based, US-developed Aegis Ashore systems, a Japanese government sources said on Saturday, Kyodo News reported. Japan announced in June it would suspend the plan to...More