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SDF to dispatch potent MCV to Yonaguni for first time

The Self-Defense Forces will for the first time dispatch a Type 16 mobile combat vehicle to Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, the country's westernmost island, Defense Ministry sources have said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 9, 2022

Comprehensive defense budget to be created

The government plans to compile defense-related budget requests under a new comprehensive defense budget framework in a bid to strengthen defense capabilities, according to government sources.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 8, 2022

PM mourns fallen SDF personnel

A memorial service for fallen members of the Self-Defense Forces was held at the Defense Ministry, attended by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Nov 6, 2022

Assailants apologize to ex-Japanese soldier over harassment

A former Japanese soldier who suffered sexual harassment while serving in the army says she has accepted apologies from four servicemen in a groundbreaking case that prompted a Defense Ministry-wide investigation into growing reports of assaults in the military

The Independent UK · Oct 17, 2022

Brazil court presses military on review of voting system, document shows

Brazil's federal audit court (TCU) asked the Defense Ministry on Tuesday to provide its report on Brazil's electronic voting machines used during this month's election, which President Jair Bolsonaro has attacked baselessly as vulnerable to fraud.

Reuters · Oct 11, 2022

Israel Pays Family of Dead Palestinian-American Detainee

Israel's Defense Ministry said Sunday that it had reached a settlement to compensate the family of a Palestinian-American man who died earlier this year after he was detained by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank. The settlement marks a rare case of compensation in a Palestinian claim against alleged…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 9, 2022

Iran Says It Launched Test 'Tug' into Suborbital Space

Iranian state media said Tuesday the government has launched a space tug capable of shifting satellites between orbits. State TV said the Saman test spacecraft was built by the country’s Space Research Center and launched Monday by the Defense Ministry. Hassan Salarieh, chief of the Iranian Republic's space agency, told…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 4, 2022

Türkiye Strikes PKK Members in Northern Iraq Air Raid

Türkiye struck 23 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in an air raid some 140 kilometers into northern Iraq, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday. It said all the group had been "neutralized", which typically means killed. Türkiye regularly carries out cross-border air strikes, often with armed drones, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 2, 2022

Taiwan’s military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say

TAIPEI, Taiwan — As the Senate contemplates sending large sums of security assistance to Taiwan, independent defense analysts here are urging U.S. lawmakers to maximize their leverage at a sensitive time in cross-strait relations.

Tribune News Service · Sep 29, 2022

Taiwan's military needs overhaul amid China threat, critics say - Roll Call

Defense analysts and former military officials in Taiwan say the island democracy is not prepared for a Chinese invasion.

Roll Call · Sep 28, 2022