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The governor of Okinawa is calling for further reduction of the U.S. military presence there amid growing fear of regional military tension.

Chinese and Russian strategic bombers conducted joint flights near Japan on Tuesday.

About 100 Japanese troops, along with 60 troops each from the French army and U.S. Marine Corps, will conduct urban warfare drills followed by amphibious operation exercises.

Japan and Indonesia signed a pact on Tuesday allowing the transfer of Japanese defense equipment and technology to Jakarta as the two countries strengthen their military ties in the face of China's increasingly assertive activity in the region.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration is committed to work with U.S. allies and those in the region as they face challenges from China and its ally North Korea, which is pursuing an illicit nuclear weapons program.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tokyo on Monday for meetings meant to reaffirm America’s commitment to the region.

Japan has been pursuing such pacts in recent years to bolster ties with Southeast Asian countries and sustain its own defense industry.

There will be a ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri this morning in Hawaii commemorating Japan's surrender in World War II 75 years ago.

The Japanese city of Nagasaki on Sunday marked its 75th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing, with the mayor and dwindling survivors urging world leaders including their own to do more for a nuclear weapons ban.

Today is the 75th anniversary of the A-bomb attack on Hiroshima.

The governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa urged the government on Wednesday to pressure the U.S. military to do more to stop an escalating coronavirus outbreak at American bases there that has infected more than 130 Marines.

“We have discovered a number of problems,” Defense Minister Taro Kono said

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