WWII veteran recounts escape from sinking Japanese navy carrier
On a cloudless day off the Philippines coast, Shigetoshi Kaneko held onto floating debris while adrift, clinging to hope ...
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Japanese Cabinet Approves Record Defense Budget; China Launches New Amphibious Warship
Japan’s cabinet approved a new $55.13 billion defense budget on Friday, marking the 13th consecutive year that Tokyo has ...
Why would China want a blockade on Japanese islands? Recent drill raises Taiwan spectre
Analysts say the move could be part of China’s strategy ‘to take Taiwan without a fight’ and a Miyako Strait blockade would ...
Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103
A Navy medic who pulled injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack has died at the ...
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US Ally Issues Update on Stealthy New Missile to Target Invading Warships
a Type 12 surface-to-ship missile with improved capabilities is fired from the ground during a launch test in Japan. The missile has enhanced stand-off defense capabilities. More Japanese Defense ...
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The scale of Japanese radio deception in the days before Pearl Harbor
known as “Cast,” could take single-line bearings on Japanese ships and stations, the rest of the direction-finding effort was not, according to Navy cryptologist Lt. Cmdr. Joseph John ...
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Two USS George Washington sailors die days apart after reaching Japan, Navy says
Two sailors assigned to the USS George Washington died within days of each other shortly after the aircraft carrier arrived in Japan, officials and family members said. Their causes of death are ...
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2 U.S. Navy sailors die shortly after ship arrives in Japan
Two U.S. Navy sailors died late last month within days of their aircraft carrier’s arrival at its new homeport in Japan, a spokesman for the ship confirmed this week. The two sailors ...