Taiwan identified 2027 as the potential year for a Chinese invasion for the first time in its annual military drills, as concerns grow on the self-ruled island about tensions with Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/asia-pacific/taiwan-military-drills-2027/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla
Taiwan said Tuesday it had detected 59 Chinese military aircraft operating around the island — the most since large-scale military exercises in October. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/asia-pacific/taiwan-china-military-exercises-lai-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #us #donaldtrump
The U.S. has started to build up a submarine presence on the strategic Western Australian coast under the allies' AUKUS program — a presence that will only grow in the coming months and years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/17/asia-pacific/us-submarine-australia-aukus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #us #submarines #aukus #china #pla #usmilitary #uk
As Taiwan looks to enhance its asymmetric warfare capabilities to bridge its military gap with China, it must overcome key technical challenges and find solutions to political divisions at home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/asia-pacific/taiwan-drones-budgets-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #defense #china #pla #drones
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The U.S. shift on aid to Ukraine has left some wondering whether Taiwan will face the same fate in the event of a conflict with China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/11/asia-pacific/ukraine-taiwan-us-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #russiaukrainewar #ukraine #china #pla #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump
As Japan draws lessons from the Ukraine war and prepares for a potential similar crisis closer to home, it's also taking a page from Poland's role in the conflict, Warsaw's envoy to Tokyo told The Japan Times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/10/japan/politics/poland-ambassador-japan-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #poland #polandjapanrelations #taiwan #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #china #pla #defense
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China intends to boost defense spending by 7.2% in 2025, the same level for the third year in a row, it said Wednesday as the country continues to modernize its military amid its growing rivalry with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/china-defense-budget-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #pla #usmilitary #defense #budgets #taiwan
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Japan and Taiwan must dramatically ramp up defense spending in order to deter war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon's top policy official has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/05/japan/politics/pentagon-japan-defense-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #us #defense #donaldtrump #elbridgecolby #budgets #taiwan #china #pla
The United States will "not abandon" the Asia-Pacific region, Taiwan's defense minister said, days after President Donald Trump's fiery clash with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy fueled concern in Taipei. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/04/asia-pacific/taiwan-trump-us-asia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla #us #donaldtrump #indopacific
Japan sent a destroyer Akizuki through the Taiwan Strait in early February, in an apparent move to counter China's increasingly aggressive behavior in the East and South China Seas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/japan-msdf-taiwan-strait/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #taiwan #china #msdf #sdf #pla #defense #defenseministry
China's recent naval exercises near Australia and New Zealand, though legal, highlight Beijing’s growing reach and willingness to test other nations' responses. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/02/28/chinas-new-military-capability/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #australia #newzealand #china #pla #plan #tasmansea #defense
U.S. President Donald Trump demurred Wednesday when asked if his administration would prevent Beijing from using force to take Taiwan — remarks that came as China's military held unannounced exercises near the island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/asia-pacific/politics/trump-us-taiwan-invasion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #us #china #taiwan #pla #donaldtrump #russiaukrainewar
China's military held "shooting training" off Taiwan's southwest coast in a move Taipei described as provocative and dangerous, while Beijing's No. 4 official vowed to bring the island under Chinese control. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/asia-pacific/china-taiwan-live-fire-drills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #taiwan #china #pla
A Chinese military helicopter edged dangerously close to a Philippine government plane on patrol over the flash point Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, an incident witnessed by The Japan Times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/asia-pacific/politics/philippines-south-china-sea-unsafe-flight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #philippines #southchinasea #disputedislands #china #pla #scarboroughshoal
Australia says China’s recent deployment of three warships to waters off its eastern coast was "designed to be provocative,” as Beijing looks to normalize this kind of presence — a move that will also impact Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/asia-pacific/china-warships-australia-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #australia #china #pla #australiajapanrelations #chinajapanrelations #defense #sdf #defenseministry
