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The 319th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron launched its first flight of the MQ-9 REAPER from Japan today. The U.S. Air Force Squadron deployed the Group V UAS from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base (Kagoya City, Kagoshima Prefecture), after U.S. media confirmed the squadron had deployed to the base last week. The 150-200 U.S. Airmen and support infrastructure will...

At approximately 1900 EST, North Korea fired about 170 artillery shells into the 2018 Buffer Zone. 130 shells were fired into the Yellow Sea and 40 were fired into the Sea of Japan. This is in addition to the aircraft deployment and ballistic missile launch earlier today. South Korea has now sent a notice to North Korea through a military...

In response to comments by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last month calling Russia a nuclear threat and stressing the importance of maintaining and strengthening the NPT (Nuclear Weapon Non-Proliferation Treaty), Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned that the United States and its allies “are dangerously balancing on the verge of open military confrontation with our country,” insinuating nuclear...

Former Japanese Prime Minister Abe has been shot multiple times by a Maritime SDF soldier after giving a speech in Nara, Japan campaigning for a parliamentary election. From photos and videos of the incident it appears the weapon used to shoot him was an improvised makeshift sawed off shotgun. Abe in critical/serious condition after attack, PM Kishida says. Kyodo...

Japan's Foreign Ministry, in its annual diplomacy report "Blue Book" reportedly labeled the southern part of the Kuril Islands as "illegally occupied" by Russia. An official publication of the document is expected in the coming days, Kyodo news agency reported. Known in Japan as the Northern Territories this is the first time since 2003 that Japan has reportedly used...