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March 13, 2015 – “China eyes new venue for end-of-war parade” (Japan Times)

  • March 20, 2015
  • China

“China’s planned military parade to mark the end of World War II is likely to be held at the site Japan attacked in 1937 to trigger the Second Sino-Japanese War, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan. The…

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March 9, 2015 – “China’s Growing Military Is A Top Security Concern Among Japanese: Poll” (International Business Times)

  • March 12, 2015
  • Japan

“According to results of a public opinion poll released by the Japanese government, China’s military expansion and emphatic claims in various land and maritime border disputes with Japan are more of an immediate security threat to Japanese than disagreements with…

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March 8, 2015 – “Abe calls for swift security legislation at LDP convention” (Japan Times)

  • March 12, 2015
  • Japan

“Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Sunday for swift enactment of legislation to enable Japan to defend its security more robustly as his Liberal Democratic Party held its annual convention.”

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March 5, 2015 – “Japan, China to Discuss Security for First Time in Four Years” (WSJ)

  • March 12, 2015
  • China

“Japan and China will hold their first security talks in more than four years later this month (March 19), a sign of a further thaw in relations that have been badly strained in recent years due to disputes over maritime…

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March 3, 2015 – “China to hold parade, invite leaders to mark end of World War Two” (Reuters)

  • March 11, 2015
  • China

“China will hold a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two this year and invite the leaders of major countries involved in the war to attend, the foreign ministry said, events probably aimed at…

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March 2, 2015 – “Japan’s Intelligence Reform Inches Forward” (Stratfor)

  • March 4, 2015
  • Japan

Analysis by Stratfor Enterprises, LLC, of the evolution of postwar Japan’s intelligence apparatus.

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Feb. 19, 2015 – “Japan, China may resume security talks in April” (Japan Times)

  • March 4, 2015
  • China

“Japan and China plan to hold in bilateral security talks in Tokyo as early as April — the first in four years between their foreign and defense ministries, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.”

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Feb. 20, 2015 – Opinion: “This is Japan’s Best Strategy to Defeat China at Sea” (The Diplomat)

  • March 4, 2015
  • China

“In order to win, Japan should give China a dose of its own medicine,” some argue, but could that lead to an arms race, increase distrust, exacerbate tensions in the region, and solve nothing in the end?

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Feb. 24, 2015 – “Cambodia-Japan Relations: Beyond the East China Sea” (The Diplomat)

  • March 4, 2015
  • Asia-Pacific

“Regional maritime disputes put Cambodia in an awkward spot. It must not take sides,” by Phoak Kung, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Mengly J. Quach Education

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