Japan will build six patrol vessels for Vietnam to "boost Hanoi's maritime law enforcement capabilities", Japanese authorities said in a report that prompted an expert to caution Tokyo against stoking tensions in the South China Sea.
Japan is not just the messenger. Its own interests are also at stake: Before US sanctions were reimposed, Tokyo imported around five percent of its oil from Iran and it would suffer from rising crude prices.
Jack Ma, founder and executive chairman of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, has called on a group of prominent business leaders in Washington to help "solve trade issues".
Japan is set to release two new defense policy documents by the end of this year. One is a National Defense Program Guideline which provides long-term direction for its defense posture based on security assessments, and the other is a Medium Term Defense Program which offers a five-year military buildup goal. An advisory panel is expected to start deliberations on the two programs this week.
Jack Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, and Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have been appointed by the secretary-general as co-chairs of the panel.
Japanese representatives hand over a map of Japanese troops deployed in China and sign a surrender memorandum in Zhijiang Dong autonomous county, Hunan province, on Aug 21, 1945. [File photo/cankaoxiaoxi.com]
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Jean Christophe Iseux von Pfetten, president of the Institute for East West Strategic Studies in Britain, said launching the trade war is a "typical American strategy."
James Yu Kong, police community relations officer of Western Police Station which is handling the Aberdeen case, said police were in touch with the management of relevant schools, seeking evidence and giving advice for prevention.
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Japan on Monday launched its first space operation unit to monitor and counter threats to the country's satellites.