News Of Asia

Bracing for a “once-in-a-century earthquake”, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ignores 1st “Central Asia-Japan” summit with 5 regional states

13 Aug, 2024 36 views

Jesse Yeung, Hanako Montgomery and Nodoka Katsura August 12, 2024 A collapsed house in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan, after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on August 8, 2024. Kyodo News/Getty Images TokyoCNN —  As tremors shook the ground …

Canadian North Korea expert detained in Switzerland on espionage charges

11 Aug, 2024 34 views

A former United Nations official from Canada who now works as a North Korea specialist has been detained in Switzerland on charges of spying, likely for China, media reports said on Thursday, citing unnamed …

Mitsubishi produces around 30 missiles a year and Japan to sell $19m in Patriot missiles to U.S. to re-supply Ukraine

2 Aug, 2024 36 views

Japan will sell an undisclosed number of Japanese-made Patriot missiles to the U.S. for 3 billion yen ($19 million) to help replenish American stockpiles that have been running low after boosting Ukraine’s air defenses. …

Meloni meets Xi

30 Jul, 2024 44 views

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has hailed China as an “important interlocutor” in managing global tensions as she met Chinese President Xi Jinping in efforts to “relaunch” ties with Beijing. “There is growing insecurity at an …

Taiwan getting arms: US envoy pledges help with self-defense

13 Jul, 2024 42 views

‘KEY PARTNER’: The new AIT head said in Mandarin that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait was a common and long-term interest of both Taipei and Washington   The US would continue to help …

US F-15EX and F-35 headed to Japan for basing

4 Jul, 2024 54 views

The Pentagon today announced a new plan for its fighter jet posture in Japan, which would broadly see older US Air Force F-15s and F-16s replaced by newer aircraft like the F-15EX and F-35, as …

By comissioning two ships, Taiwan has new ‘carrier killers’: preparing to boost island’s asymmetric war plan Tuo Jiang-class corvettes, with stealth technology and anti-ship and anti-aircraft missiles, to be commissioned amid rise in PLA threats

1 Jul, 2024 41 views

Taipei [Taiwan], June 30 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions between Taiwan and China, Taipei will be commissioning two Tuo Chiang-class corvettes into its navy to shore up its naval defence against Beijing’s aggression, Taiwan News …

Japan reacts to sex assault cases involving US military in Okinawa

1 Jul, 2024 39 views

Japan has lodged a protest at the United States embassy in Tokyo over at least two alleged sexual assault cases involving American service members in the southern Japanese island of Okinawa that were only …

China’s Drone Power vs to U.S. Strategies?

17 Jun, 2024 40 views

Chinese military experts have dismissed American warnings that China could face a drone hell attack from the U.S. if they were to attack Taiwan. They argue that China can respond at a level equivalent to the United States. …