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CHINA TO STREGTHEN ITS MARITIME SAFETY AUTHORITIES OVER RISING TENSIONS
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- China to strengthen its maritime safety authorities over rising tensions.
- Fear engulfs the Asian nation and other countries, including Japan.
- The new legislation will allow China to order foreign vessels to leave what it ...
CHINA CALLS JAPAN’S RELEASE OF TREATED RADIOACTIVE WATER “EXTREMELY IRRESPONSIBLE”
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- China calls Japan’s release of treated radioactive water “extremely irresponsible”.
- China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian commented the same.
- Zhao was found to reject Japan’s comp...
YOSHIHIDE SUGA VOWS TO MAINTAIN GROUND OVER CHINA’S ASSERTIVENESS
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- Yoshihide Suga vows to maintain ground over China’s assertiveness.
- China has been increasing its military and economic assertiveness lately over the East and South China seas.
- Japan is said to strive to enhance its ...
JAPAN GSDF TO CONDUCT DRILLS WITH ALL ITS UNITS FOR THE 1st TIME
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- Japan GSDF to conduct drills with all its units for the 1st time.
- The nationwide exercises will be the first in about 30 years.
- Japan GSDF has around 140,000 personnel.
- With the nationwide drill, the GSDF aims ...
JAPAN LIKELY TO DEPLOY F-35B FIGHTER JET TO AN ASDF BASE
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- Japan likely to deploy F-35B fighter jet to an ASDF base.
- The deployment of the aircraft is aimed to check China’s maritime assertiveness around the area.
- However, uncertainty remains over the local community consen...
CHINA’S NEW COAST GUARD RULES ARE NOT AIMED AT A SPECIFIC COUNTRY
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- China’s new coast guard rules are not aimed at a specific country.
- China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi voiced the same.
- China claims Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea are part of it...
ANOTHER PAIR OF CHINESE COAST GUARD VESSELS ENTER SENKAKU ISLANDS
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- Another pair of Chinese coast guard vessels enter Senkaku Islands.
- Tokyo lodged protests against Beijing’s new law which allows the coast guard to use weapons when required.
- The two Chinese vessels intruded the wate...
JAPAN LIKELY TO EQUIP LONG-RANGE STANDOFF MISSILES IN TWO NEW AEGIS VESSELS
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- Japan likely to equip long-range standoff missiles in two new Aegis vessels.
- The Cabinet Office on Friday approved the building of the two new vessels.
- The vessels are expected to take around eight years to be constructe...
JAPAN AND U.S CONDUCT LARGE-SCALE JOINT MILITARY DRILLS; MEDIA INVITED TO VIEW
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- Japan and U.S conduct large-scale joint military drills; media invited to view.
- The drill was launched due to growing assertiveness in the East and South China seas.
- The two countries practiced two exercises, namely &ndas...
JAPAN PLANS TO NOT ACCEPT CHINA’S PROPOSALS OVER SENKAKU ISLANDS
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- Japan plans to not accept China’s proposals over the Senkaku islands.
- Chinese Foreign Minister proposed to keep fishing boats away from both countries at the disputed islands.
- China also proposed to have government ...
JAPAN PLANS TO DO A WILDLIFE SURVEY ON DISPUTED SENKAKU ISLANDS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA
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- Japan plans to do a wildlife survey on disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
- It plans to survey the same using satellite images.
- Japan Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato announced the same.
- The su...
JAPAN PROTEST AGAINST CHINESE SHIPS APPROACHING DISPUTED SENKAKU ISLANDS
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- Japan protest against Chinese ships approaching disputed Senkaku Islands.
- Two Chinese ships approached a Japanese fishing boat.
- The China Coast Guard ships is said to have intruded Japanese territorial waters on...
JAPAN COAST GUARD AND TAIWANESE FISHING BOAT INVOVLVED IN COLLISION IN THE EAST CHINA SEA
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- Japan coast guard and Taiwanese fishing boat involved in collision in the East China Sea.
- The two got into a minor collision off the disputed Senkaku Islands.
- The Japan coast guard was warning the boat to leave the waters...
TARA KONO PLANS ON CONDUCTING AN AERIAL INSPECTION ON ISLANDS IN THE EAST CHINA SEA
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- Tara Kono plans on conducting an aerial inspection on islands in the East China Sea.
- The aerial inspection would be done on isles administered by Tokyo.
- Japan is concerned about the increased activities near the islands ...
TOURISTS’ WOES IN JAPAN AS PER CHINESE VISITORS
China accounts for highest number of tourists to Japan. The total number of Chinese visitors to Japan has increased by 14 per cent in 2019. In 2018 the number was 8.8 million and by the end of 2019, the number had nearly touched 10 million per year.
Japan has been titled the most favore...