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CHUCK HAGEL

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2019
Former U.S. defense chiefs and Ethiopian ex-leader to be decorated in Japan
Former U.S. defense secretaries Chuck Hagel and Ashton Carter, as well as former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, will be among 142 foreign nationals recognized in this year's spring awards for notable contributions to relations between Japan and their countries, the government said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 8, 2014
Hagel visits Afghan outpost serving role in U.S. exit strategy out of its longest war
The Pentagon is counting on a remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan to help lead the way out of America's longest war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2014
Obama expected to nominate Ashton Carter to head Pentagon
Former Pentagon official Ashton Carter emerged on Tuesday as the expected nominee to replace Chuck Hagel as U.S. defense secretary, sources said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2014
Hagel leaves a Cabinet adrift
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's real problem seems to have been to support too many wars for President Barack Obama and not enough for the Pentagon.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 12, 2014
Defense pact to reflect SDF shift
The Cabinet's decision to lift the ban on collective defense will be reflected when Tokyo and Washington revise their defense cooperation guidelines later this year.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 8, 2014
China calls on U.S. to restrain ally Japan as tension simmers
China called on the United States on Tuesday to restrain ally Japan and chided another U.S. ally, the Philippines, at the end of talks between American and Chinese defense chiefs that showed the strain of regional territorial disputes on Sino-U.S. ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 7, 2014
In first, U.S. defense chief visits sole Chinese carrier
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited China's sole aircraft carrier Monday in an unprecedented opening by normally secretive Beijing to a potent symbol of its military buildup.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2014
Obama visit chance to showcase robust alliance: Kishida
Japan wants to make U.S. President Barack Obama's upcoming visit an opportunity to show the robust Japan-U.S. alliance to the world, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2014
Two Aegis ships bound for Japan
The United States plans to deploy two additional Aegis destroyers to Japan by 2017 to reinforce missile defenses against increasingly provocative North Korea, visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2014
Robust Japan-U.S. alliance remains unchanged, Abe tells Hagel
In talks with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vows to send a strong message that the bilateral alliance remains robust.
EDITORIALS
Mar 6, 2014
Trimming U.S. military spending
The headline-grabbing cuts in America's 2015 fiscal budget, unveiled by President Barack Obama this week, involve the downsizing of the U.S. military. The plans are controversial in light of recent events on the Crimean Peninsula and the so-called rebalance of U.S. forces to the Asia-Pacific region.
JAPAN
Jan 5, 2014
Hagel makes case for mending fences
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urges Japan to make nice with its neighbors following Prime Minister Shinzo Abeu2019s upsetting visit to war-linked Yasukuni Shrine.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2013
Onodera, Hagel worry ADIZ may trigger conflict
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday shared their "strong concern" about China's establishment of an air defense identification zone over the East China Sea, saying it could lead to a confrontation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2013
Japan, U.S. agree to beef up cybersecurity
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera and U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed Thursday in Tokyo their cooperation in fighting cyberattacks and handling tensions over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2013
Troop command top issue as Hagel visits South Korea
Sixty years after the end of the Korean War, the United States and South Korea still cannot agree on who should take charge if another war breaks out with the communist neighbor to the north.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2013
Japan, U.S. defense chiefs may meet in Brunei
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is arranging to meet with U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Aug. 28 on the sidelines of ASEAN-related meetings in Brunei, a government source said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2013
Allies once again vow to be tough with North Korea
Japan, the U.S. and South Korea have vowed again to work together to curb Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development and other recent provocations.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2013
China affirms tough territorial stance
A top Chinese military official said Sunday that Beijing will not compromise on its claims to contested isles in the East and South China seas, despite its willingness to engage in discussions.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2013
Hagel vows defense commitments to Japan, including nuclear umbrella
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday stressed U.S. defense commitments to Japan, including the nuclear umbrella, in the face of growing missile threats from North Korea, while reiterating that Washington is against any action to weaken Japan's administrative control of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 27, 2013
Hagel lands defense post but fails to win over opponents
Chuck Hagel is set to be sworn in as U.S. defense secretary, battered by a confirmation fight even as he faces challenges from Pentagon budget cuts to withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

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