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On Tuesday, the ninth national memorial ceremony for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre was held as a solemn reminder of the calamity caused by militarism in Japan to not just the Chinese people, but people in other Asian countries, as Japans recent updates to its national security strategies, such as increasing military spending and referring to China as a

 

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Over 60% of the Japanese population back the governments push to acquire counterstrike capabilities against enemy bases in a step-back from... 27.11.2022, Sputnik International

Japan is considering using an enemy base strike capability or counterstrike capability in cooperation with the United States should it be attacked, the Kyodo news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source familiar with the matter.According to the report, the proposal was described in a policy d ..

TOKYO (Sputnik) - Japan is considering using an enemy base strike capability or "counterstrike capability" in cooperation with the United States should it be... 26.11.2022, Sputnik International

TOKYO (Sputnik) - The Japanese government is considering the development of guided missiles with a range of up to 3,000 kilometers (1,864) miles and their... 25.11.2022, Sputnik International

Japan is considering sharply increasing its defense spending to more than 40 trillion yen over the next five years, government officials said Saturday. The amount compares with the 27.47 trillion yen in total specified as defense costs for five years through fiscal 2023 in the&#x...

On September 2, 1945, Japan formally signed the instrument of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, marking the end of World War II.

Japan is considering sharply increasing its defense spending to more than 40 trillion yen ($279 billion) over the next five years, government officials say.

Commentary It seems like there is a sea change in Tokyo's lackadaisical, "overly reliant on the Americans" approach ...