North Korea may be preparing to test submarine-launched ballistic missile, South Korea military says: Report

South Korea’s military has detected symptoms that North Korea may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Yonhap news agency documented on Saturday (Sep 24), days prior to a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris. The military recognized preparations this week in Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, NorthContinue Reading

Typhoon Talas lashes central Japan, killing two

TOKYO: A typhoon lashed central Japan on Saturday (Sep 24) with torrential rain and fierce winds, killing two and leaving tens of thousands of households without power, the Kyodo news agency reported. Shizuoka city, south-west of the capital Tokyo, was hit especially hard, seeing a record 417mm of precipitation sinceContinue Reading

Fossil fuel profits driving climate devastation

What do Pakistan, Puerto Rico and Knutson, Mississippi, have in common? They’ve all recently experienced climate-related devastating rain and water damage, resulting in the loss of houses, electricity, and electricity. But even more essential, they are all low-income regions inhabited by people of color – the prime victims of climate injustice. These people face inaction through […]

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Japan in urgent search of new strategic balance

Just right: Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldiers position the PAC-3 missile unit. Photo: Reuters/Issei Kato

In the 1970s, Japanese prime minister Masayoshi Ohira designed a concept of “comprehensive security” that stressed the need to broaden your scope of safeguards to non-military fields. The concept built about the ideas shown in the 1969 Nixon Doctrine, where the States encouraged its allies to take “primary responsibility” for their own safeguard. This […]

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