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LLOYD AUSTIN

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 26, 2021
With eye on China, Pentagon chief heads to Southeast Asia
Lloyd Austin will seek to emphasize the importance Washington places on fortifying ties in the region while pushing back against China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 20, 2021
U.S. defense secretary to visit Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
The United States under President Joe Biden is looking to reinforce the need for a U.S. role in a region where China has sizeable influence as the dominant trade partner.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2021
Pentagon chief unable to talk to Chinese military leaders despite repeated attempts
Despite the tensions and heated rhetoric, U.S. military officials have long sought to have open lines of communication to be able to mitigate potential flare-ups or deal with any accidents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2021
Next major war will be 'very different,' U.S. defense secretary says
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called for harnessing technological advances and better integrating military operations globally to 'understand faster, decide faster and act faster.'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2021
Two very different ‘two-plus-two’ meetings
Were the Tokyo and Seoul two-plus-two meetings successful? For Japan, it was a great beginning and much more successful than expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2021
Japan and U.S. defense chiefs affirm cooperation over Taiwan emergency
Tokyo has been reviewing the feasibility of issuing an SDF dispatch order to protect U.S. warships and military planes in the event of a crisis between China and Taiwan.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2021
A demonstration of strength by the Japan-U.S. alliance
The virtual summit of the four leaders of 'Quad' countries should quiet fears that the forum would be just a talk shop, unable to provide concrete deliverables.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2021
Top U.S. and Japanese officials get tough on China in key security talks
In a joint statement singling out Beijing, the top U.S. and Japanese diplomats and defense chiefs condemned China's 'coercion and destabilizing behavior' in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 14, 2021
China and U.S.-Japan alliance to take top billing as senior Biden officials visit Tokyo
Both nations are expected to use the meeting to set the agenda for the alliance, making abundantly clear the shifting U.S. and Japanese perceptions of China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2021
Suga and Biden hail post-3/11 relief operation as sign of special Japan-U.S. bond
'We must not forget that, even after 10 years, many of those affected continue to struggle in the wake of the disaster,' the leaders said in a joint statement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 11, 2021
Top officials from Japan and U.S. to hold security talks in Tokyo next Tuesday
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Japan for three days from Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2021
U.S. defense chief and secretary of state to visit Japan from March 15
Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin plan to hold so-called two-plus-two talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2021
New U.S. defense chief confirms Senkakus fall under security treaty
Tokyo likely to be encouraged by new U.S. defense chief's apparent embrace of Japan's “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy.'
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2021
U.S. Senate confirms Lloyd Austin in historic vote, installing first Black defense secretary
His most immediate agenda includes an increasingly muscular China, an aggressive Russia, the protracted conflict in Afghanistan and a vague and looming threat of Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2021
U.S. Congress approves waiver for Lloyd Austin to be defense chief
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass the waiver exempting Austin, who left the military in 2016, from a law that bars officers from the Pentagon's top civilian post.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 9, 2020
No mention of China or Asia as Biden touts pick for Pentagon chief
Omission risks sending an alarming message to allies such as Japan amid hopes for a continued U.S.-led charge confronting an increasingly assertive Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2020
Biden chooses retired Gen. Lloyd Austin to be defense chief, report says
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who oversaw U.S. forces in the Middle East under President Barack Obama, to be his defense secretary, Politico reported on Monday, citing three people with knowledge of the decision.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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