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Tokyo is reportedly looking to send lower-level officials to the Winter Olympics, a far cry from when then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe traveled to the Pyeongchang Games in 2018.
With voters and the party's coalition partner, Komeito, more concerned about resuscitating Japan's pandemic-hit economy, large increases to defense outlays are unlikely to win much support.
After nearly two years, Japan could soon be getting a high-profile, Senate-approved U.S. ambassador — one who has the ear of the American president.
Australia to Spend $300 Million in Pacific to Combat Beijing Money The Australian government has committed to spending $300 million (US$232 million) on infrastructure projects in the Pacific region as a way to combat Beijing’s predatory lending in the region. In a report by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, it was revealed that the move is part of Australia’s Pacific step-up efforts and includes a raft of loans and grants for upgrading telecommunications, transport, health facilities, and power projects. Federal Minister for International Development and the Pacific Zed Seselja told...
Aggressive behaviour by China is being pushed back by Canberra but worrying developments in the Indo-Pacific could give them the ability to coerce Australia.