security
April 14, 2013
WASHINGTON--The United States is fully prepared to defend Japan and South Korea in response to a possible missile launch by North Korea, Ashton Carter, U.S. deputy secretary of ...
April 09, 2013
India and Japan share common values such as individual freedom and human rights. These values, according to Salman Khurshid, India’s minister of external affairs, provide the ...
April 08, 2013
For some people, hacking is just like any other 9-to-5 job, with regular hours and a break for lunch.
March 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama took mounting U.S. concerns about computer hacking straight to China's president on March 14 in a sign of how seriously the United States...
February 18, 2013
On the instructions of the Abe Cabinet, a panel of experts has started discussing a proposal to establish the headquarters for Japan’s policy efforts to deal with diplomatic...
February 09, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb. 8 took a step toward his long-cherished goal of allowing Japan to exercise its right to collective self-defense.
February 04, 2013
Will the familiar brinkmanship script vary this time? North Korea will conduct another nuclear test, and warnings suggest it will not be a plutonium device, as in 2006 and 2009,...
January 31, 2013
The Abe administration has set out to review Japan's defense policy.
January 29, 2013
Engineering and software giant Yokogawa Electric Corp. said Jan. 29 it had agreed to a partnership with data security company McAfee to develop joint services to secure data...
December 28, 2012
BEIJING--An anxious China is closely monitoring the early moves of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in particular his call for a review of long-term defense policy.
November 01, 2012
BEIJING--Don't roll down the taxi windows. Don't buy a remote-controlled plane without a police chief's permission. And don't release your pigeons.
October 17, 2012
SHANGHAI--China will have to spend around 80 billion yuan ($12.74 billion) by 2015 to upgrade the security of its nuclear facilities and radioactive contamination control to...
October 12, 2012
Japanese wording was found in malware used to send online threats of terrorism from a computer owned by a man in Mie Prefecture, indicating that the program was created by a...
September 30, 2012
MANILA -- Britain, Australia and Canada joined the United States on Sept. 29 in warning their citizens of a security threat in the Philippines, particularly in the capital,...
September 26, 2012
The Japanese government declared Sept. 19 that it has "confirmed" the safety of U.S. tilt-rotor, multimission Osprey aircraft to be deployed at the U.S. Marine Corps Air...
August 17, 2012
Has Japan opened the door--slightly--to developing nuclear weapons? The nation has amended its nuclear manifesto to cite "national security" as a reason for possessing the...
August 17, 2012
WASHINGTON--Japan should act in accordance with its world standing and address problems in its relations with South Korea, according to a report on the future of the Japan-U.S. ...
July 27, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Unspecified nations played a role in a 17-fold jump in cyber attacks on U.S. infrastructure since 2009, but this does not appear to reflect payback for a reported ...
June 21, 2012
Supporters of an amendment quietly slipped into Japan’s nuclear power law saying it should contribute to "national security" are denying it could provide cover for military...
April 13, 2012
CHONGQING, China--Since the fall of charismatic Chongqing Communist Party chief Bo Xilai, the city's security situation and political landscape have been thrown into chaos and...