Xi Is Testing Japan’s Ties With Trump by Escalating Trade Battle China is testing Donald Trump’s support for America’s top ally in Asia by imposing export controls on Japan months after the...
US Says China’s Taiwan Drills ‘Unnecessarily’ Raised Tensions The PLA simulated a blockade of the global chip hub for two days this week with live-fire exercises encircling the island.
Taiwan’s President Pledges to Defend Island’s Sovereignty After Chinese Military Drills China recently wrapped up live-fire drills around Taiwan featuring rocket launches, aircraft and warships.
Pacifist Japan Has Slowly Transformed From Exclusively Self-Defense to a Military Buildup Japan is accelerating a military buildup program designed to double annual arms spending.
China Stages Military Drills Around Taiwan to Warn 'External Forces' After US, Japan Tensions The Chinese military says it dispatched air, navy and rocket troops to conduct joint live-fire drills around Taiwan to warn...
Japan's Cabinet OKs Record Defense Budget That Aims to Deter China Japan's Cabinet approved a record defense budget plan exceeding 9 trillion yen ($58 billion) for the coming year, aiming to...
US and Japan Hold Joint Flight Drills as China Ups Military Activity near Japan U.S. strategic bombers joined a fleet of Japanese fighter jets in a joint military exercise meant to demonstrate their...
Japan Builds up ‘Missile Archipelago’ Near Taiwan to Counter China As military tensions between China and Japan reach the highest level in more than a decade, the sparsely populated island of...
Japan and Australia Urge Calm After Chinese Radar Locks on Japanese Jets A spokesperson for the Chinese navy defended China’s flight training near the island of Miyako and accused Japanese aircraft...
Japan's Leader Says Trump Called Her as Dispute with China Doesn't Go Away Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who recently triggered China's fury with a comment about Taiwan, said Tuesday that she...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform...
![](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/world-news-uschina-military-drills-filepic-get.jpg?itok=M5NzlIEf "A Taiwanese air force Mirage 2000 fighter jet takes off at Hsinchu Air Base in Hsinchu on Dec. 29, 2025. China launched "major" military exercises around Taiwan on December 29, in what it called a "stern warning" involving live-fire drills in waters and airspace near the island. Taiwan said Monday it had detected four Chinese coastguard ships near the island's waters. (Cheng Yu-Chen/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)")
