Hegseth, Nakatani discuss US-Japan defence alliance in first phone call
New US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart Gen Nakatani agreed in their first phone call Friday to ...
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Japan, US defense heads vow to reinforce alliance
New US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and his Japanese counterpart, Gen Nakatani, agreed in a phone call yesterday to ...
Japan and U.S. confirm security treaty covers Senkakus
Japan received reassurances of continued close ties with its U.S. ally including confirmation that a security treaty covers ...
Japan defense chief arranging talks with new US counterpart Hegseth
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday he is seeking to hold talks with new U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete ...
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Trump’s Pentagon sheds no-politics image in a major reversal
U.S. President Donald Trump failed in his first term to bend the Pentagon to his will, facing delays and defiance from a ...
Opinion: Pete Hegseth’s confirmation was a massive mistake
Pete Hegseth admits he couldn’t always walk a line. So how will he hold the line when facing astute counterparts around the ...
Yoon Suk-yeol detained, Pete Hegseth’s Asean gaffe, Japan sex scandal: 7 Asia highlights
From the arrest of South Korea’s Yoon to a Japanese pop star’s sex scandal, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia ...
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Japan, US confirm plans to boost defense pact
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japan's Minister of Defense Gen Nakatani agreed in a phone call Friday to continue efforts to strengthen the countries' alliance, Tokyo said.
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Pete Hegseth confirmed in knife-edge vote to be new U.S. defense chief
In a mostly party-line result that saw no Democrats vote for Hegseth, three Republicans — including former GOP leader Mitch ...
Vance breaks tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as Defense secretary
Vice President Vance on Friday broke a Senate tie to confirm Pete Hegseth as President Trump’s secretary of Defense, capping ...