Key members of Japan s Defense Ministry and troops were wary in 2011 that the U.S. military would take control of the response to the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex.
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US Warship Shadows Chinese Aircraft Carrier Strike Group The US has been keeping a close eye on China s military in the South and East China Seas
According to a report from
Newsweek, the Chinese carrier Liaoning five other People’s Liberation Army (PLA) vessels were returning to the East China Sea from a deployment in the South China Sea. The image appears to show a US Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, a type of US Navy vessel that is frequently sailing in the region.
The satellite images showed the US vessel was following closely behind the Liaoning and was sailing amongst the other Chinese warships.
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Tensions between Asia’s biggest economies worsened this week as Japan intensified criticism of China in a government report as an international security threat and a Chinese Foreign Ministry official taunted Japan over its handling of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The Japanese government for the first time described China as a source of “strong” concern in terms of security for the global community in its so-called diplomatic Blue Book, the Nikkei newspaper said on Tuesday.
The Blue Book added to friction between the neighbors, which has worsened in recent months as Tokyo has joined the US and Europe in criticising China over human rights in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, as well as over security issues. It also led to a rebuke from Beijing.
The largest naval flotilla and strike force assembled by Britain since 1983 will sail in May on a months’ long voyage through the Pacific, the country’s Defense Ministry has announced.
The Defense Ministry said the deployment is aimed toward a deeper UK security role in the region, with exercises planned alongside India, Japan and South Korea as well as US forces in the region.
The strike group will be led by the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, marking its first deployment. The ship, one of the UK’s two aircraft carriers, is the largest warship the UK has ever sent to sea.