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strikeAug 13, 2026

Japan is arming for a long range fight, and China is worried

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Japan is arming for a long range fight, and China is worried Released in early August, the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s latest white paper signals that Tokyo, under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is converting years of incremental modernization into a more integrated and far-reaching national-security architecture…

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  • Ladislav ZemánekBy Ladislav Zemánek

    Japan is arming for a long range fight, and China is worried Released in early August, the Japanese Ministry of Defense’s latest white paper signals that Tokyo, under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is converting years of incremental modernization into a more integrated and far-re…

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