Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
March 2024 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- U.S. Navy and JSDF conduct Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Training US Navy 29 Mar 2024 -- Sailors assigned to Surface Combat Systems Training Command (SCSTC) hosted members from the Japan Self-Defense Force aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) and Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, to conduct tomahawk land attack missile training, March 25-28.
- Joint Statement following Russia's veto of the mandate renewal of the UN Security Council's 1718 Committee Panel of Experts UK FCDO 28 Mar 2024 -- Joint Statement on behalf of the United States, France, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United Kingdom.
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Meeting With National Security Advisor Akiba Takeo of Japan DoD 25 Mar 2024
- Japan proposes Kishida, Kim summit: North Korean leader's sister Radio Free Asia 25 Mar 2024 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, said on Monday that Pyongyang has received a summit proposal from Japan. Her comments came a month after she said the hermit state was open to enhancing its ties with Tokyo.
- Japan eyes dangerous trilateral partnership with US, Philippines to contain China in diplomacy paper Global Times 22 Mar 2024 -- In the annual Japanese foreign policy paper, details of which were revealed by Japanese media on Thursday, the country looks set to continue its hawkish tone toward China, while focusing more on boosting trilateral ties with the US and the Philippines in an attempt to contain China's peaceful development.
- Deputy Secretary Campbell's Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Okano and Philippine Undersecretary Lazaro US Dept. of State 21 Mar 2024
- Russia Warns Japan of Consequences if Patriot Missiles Sent to Ukraine Sputnik 20 Mar 2024 -- Russia has warned Japan via diplomatic channels of consequences in the event of transferring missiles for the Patriot missile defense systems to the United States, which could end up in Ukraine, the acting director of the Russian Foreign Ministry's Third Asia Department, Sergey Zhestkii, has told Sputnik.
- Japan-PIC defense meeting 'exposes Tokyo's ambition to expand military presence' Global Times 20 Mar 2024 -- As Japan hosts a defense ministerial meeting with Pacific Island countries (PICs), Chinese experts warn that Tokyo's true intention is to support the US' Indo-Pacific strategy in containing China, while also seeking to advance its own military expansion.
- Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the Upcoming Trilateral Leaders' Summit of the Philippines, Japan, and the United States The White House 18 Mar 2024
- America Amphibious Ready Group Completes Exercise Iron Fist US Navy 18 Mar 2024 -- Sailors assigned to the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, celebrated the completion of the 18th iteration of Exercise Iron Fist, alongside members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), in a ceremony held on the flight deck of the JMSDF Ōsumi -class tank landing ship JS Kunisaki (LST-4003), March 17.
- USEUCOM hosts Japanese Joint Staff director for security talks EUCOM 15 Mar 2024 -- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Lasica, director for U.S. European Command plans, policy, strategy and capabilities, hosted Japan Joint Staff Maj. Gen. Nobutaka Minamikawa, director of defense plans and policy department, at USEUCOM's headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 11, 2024.
- READOUT: Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson's Travel to Japan US Treasury 15 Mar 2024 -- On March 13 and 14, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson held meetings in Tokyo, Japan to continue close coordination between the two G7 allies on pressing national security issues, including countering Russian attempts to evade multilateral sanctions and export controls particularly through third countries; protecting maritime shipping from illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Houthi attacks; and on cyber threats and ransomware.
- Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Japanese Minister of Defense Kihara Minoru DoD 13 Mar 2024
- Deputy Secretary Campbell's Meeting with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Okano US Dept. of State 12 Mar 2024
- US Navy Looking to S. Korean, Japanese Shipbuilders to Revive American Shipyards VOA 07 Mar 2024 -- The United States is looking to Korean and Japanese shipbuilders to help revive its dormant naval shipyards and boost maritime competitiveness in the face of China's accelerated naval buildup.
- Allegations of Uranium, Plutonium in Myanmar Puzzle Experts VOA 05 Mar 2024 -- Allegations of a Myanmar-Yakuza arms deal involving nuclear materials have raised alarms in Myanmar's rebel-held Shan state and confounded scientists, who have long been aware of raw uranium in the region but say they have no idea how it could have been processed to weapons-grade material in the remote area.
- US seeks Japan's participation in AUKUS: report Radio Free Asia 04 Mar 2024 -- The United States is considering cooperating with Japan in defense technology within the framework of the Australia-U.K.-U.S. security alliance, known as AUKUS, to counter China, according to a Japanese media report.
- SECNAV Del Toro Engages Japanese Shipbuilding Execs US Navy Press Release 03 Mar 2024 -- Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro met with leading Japanese shipbuilding industry executives and toured a shipyard undertaking maintenance and repair of a U.S. Navy oiler, Feb. 28-29.
- The West Needs Stronger Sanctions On Russia To Help Ukraine Win War, Says Expert RFE/RL 03 Mar 2024 -- Since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago, the United States, Britain, the European Union, Australia, Canada, and Japan have imposed thousands of sanctions on Russia.
- New sanctions against representatives of the aggressor state, introduced by Japan, Australia and New Zealand, take into account the recommendations of the Yermak-McFaul Group President of Ukraine 03 Mar 2024
- Japan Urges Israel to Obey Int'l Law After Deadly Gaza Aid Incident Sputnik 01 Mar 2024 -- The Japanese government continues to support Israel's right to self-defense but also insists that Israel must exercise this right in full compliance with international humanitarian law, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa said on Friday in the wake of a deadly shooting at Palestinian aid seekers in the Gaza Strip.
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