white paper

Tokyo protests China’s criticism of Japan in...
Yang Yujun, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, left, discusses China’s defense white paper at a news conference in Beijing on April 16. (Atsushi Okudera)
April 17, 2013
China in its latest defense white paper accused Japan of whipping up trouble over the disputed Senkaku Islands, prompting Japan to lodge a strong protest.
China points finger at U.S., Japan over...
A Chinese jetfighter prepares to scramble as part of a drill in the East China Sea in January. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
April 16, 2013
BEIJING--China's defense ministry made a thinly veiled attack on the United States on April 16 for increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific by ramping up its military presence...
ANALYSIS: Okinawa the front line of Japan's defense
The Asahi Shimbun
August 01, 2012
Okinawa serves as a vital bulwark against China as the giant neighbor presses territorial claims and flexes its military muscle in waters around Japan, according to this year's ...
Japan clearly concerned about China's growing...
In this file photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency on April 26, Chinese navy's missile destroyer DDG-112 Harbin fires a shell during the China-Russia joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea in April. (AP Photo)
July 31, 2012
The Defense Ministry's white paper for 2012 bluntly stated Japan's strong reservations about China's mounting arms buildup and growing naval presence in the Pacific Ocean.
EDITORIAL: Annual defense report short on substance
August 10, 2011
The 2011 defense white paper, published Aug. 2, is the second such report issued under Democratic Party of Japan rule.
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