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A collapse in the yen is forcing Japan to scale back a historic five-year, 43.5-trillion-yen defence build-up aimed at helping to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to eight people familiar with the matter. Since the plan was unveiled in December, the yen has lost 10% of its value against the dollar, forcing Tokyo to reduce its ambitious defence procurement plan, which was then-calculated to cost $320 billion, the sources said. Reuters interviewed three government officials with direct knowledge of defence procurement and five industry sources, who said Japan will begin cutting ba...

A collapse in the yen is forcing Japan to scale back a historic five-year, 43.5-trillion-yen defence build-up aimed at helping to deter a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, according to eight people...

The United States — and its allies — cannot continue in their security endeavors in the way they have heretofore. Business as usual will not lead to

A Port Glasgow man has told how he was left powerless as sewage from an overflowing drain inflicted thousands of pounds of damage on his recently…

NEWS ANALYSIS. South Korea and Japan signed a trilateral agreement with the United States, despite their painful past and their ambiguous relations with their powerful neighbor, China.