Shinjirō Koizumi
Photo: Ministry of Defense website, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- Oct 4
US forces face Okinawa curfew after Marine arrested over woman's murder
US military commanders ordered a 30-day curfew and a 48-hour alcohol ban for personnel in Okinawa after the arrest of a 20-year-old Marine suspected of killing a local woman in Naha.
- Jul 29
13 dead, dozens injured as magnitude 7.1 earthquake hits Japan's Kumamoto
Rescue workers search for survivors after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, derailing a freight train, and leaving at least 48,000 without power.
- Jul 21
Japan protests China's first live-fire drill in its EEZ as Russian frigate looks on
A Chinese destroyer conducted a machine gun test 180 km southwest of Okinotori island early Sunday, with a Russian frigate nearby. Tokyo filed a diplomatic protest, calling the drill a danger to navigation.
- Jun 1
Japan's defence chief rejects China's 'new militarism' label, warns of Beijing's opaque military buildup at Singapore summit
Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi dismissed Beijing's accusations of 'new militarism' as hypocritical during the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, while criticising China's rapid and opaque military expansion.
