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Japan Deploys 300 Personnel, Chinooks to Fight West Kalimantan Fires
... during Chinook missions. Sjafrie thanked Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi for Japan’s rapid ... assistance. “As defense minister, I express my gratitude and appreciation to Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi ...News Sep 16, 2026 | 10:48 am
Japan to Deploy 600 Troops, Three Helicopters to Help Indonesia Fight Kalimantan Fires
... Kalimantan, the Japanese government said on Friday. Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has ... the countries’ close friendship, Japan’s Defense Ministry said, according to Kyodo ... signed by the Indonesian and Japanese defense ministers in May 2026, under ...News Aug 28, 2026 | 10:23 pm
Indonesia, Australia Beef Up Maritime Security Ties But ‘No New Bloc’
... on Wednesday. Foreign Minister Sugiono and Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin showed up ... press release by the Indonesian Defense Ministry showed “maritime domain awareness ... The defense ministers had a separate trilateral call with their Japanese counterpart ...News Aug 27, 2026 | 3:05 pm
Japan to Possibly Transfer Asagiri Destroyers to Indonesia
... a possible arms client. When Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi hosted his Indonesian ... fleet. “Minister Sjafrie expressed his intention to materialize defense equipment and ... equipment,” a statement by the Japanese Defense Ministry reads. “The two ...News Jun 5, 2026 | 8:25 pm
Indonesia, Japan Seal Defense Pact as Tokyo Lifts Lethal Arms Export Ban
... governments secured the pact during Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi’s Jakarta visit ... discuss “concrete steps for defense technology cooperation”. Tokyo has ... President Prabowo Subianto -- a former defense minister -- is pursuing an aggressive agenda ...News May 4, 2026 | 1:36 pm
Chinese Embassy in Japan Says Authorities Fail to Act on Threats
... . Tensions have escalated since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment in November ... Taiwan could be grounds for a Japanese military response. China imposed diplomatic ... individual claiming to be a Self-Defense Force reserve personnel, triggering a two ...News Apr 16, 2026 | 10:04 pm
Prabowo to Finally Visit Japan PM Takaichi in End-March
... to Tokyo for talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi later this ... those dates, alongside a luncheon with Japanese Emperor Naruhito. “President Prabowo’s visit ... to coal. Just a day earlier, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said that Indonesia ...News Mar 13, 2026 | 10:47 pm
Indonesia, Australia Eye Trilateral Security Cooperation with Japan
... the centerpiece of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to ... puts more emphasis on defense and professionalism,” Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsjoeddin told the ... this in more depth with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, who is slated ...News Mar 12, 2026 | 4:28 pm
Japan Prepares for Deployment of Its First Home-Developed Long-Range Missile
... including Okinawa, Ishigaki, and Miyako. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi last month said ... have escalated further since Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s comment soon ... a Japanese military response. Takaichi has pledged to revise security and defense policy ...News Mar 9, 2026 | 11:57 am
Man Who Assassinated Former Japanese Prime Minister Gets Life in Prison
... to assassinating former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life ... sentence sought by prosecutors. Defense lawyer Takashi Fumimoto said ... of the Unification Church. Japanese law allows the death penalty ... court stripping the church’s Japanese branch of its tax-exempt ...News Jan 21, 2026 | 4:12 pm
Japan and the Philippines Sign a New Defense Pact Allowing Tax-Free Ammunition Supplies
... the two Asian nations. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi signed the Acquisition ... by Japanese legislators before it takes effect, is the latest key defense ... the security of highly confidential defense and military information the countries ...News Jan 15, 2026 | 11:27 am
China Announces New Trade Measure against Japan as Tensions Rise
... with Tokyo after new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi suggested late ... again on Tuesday when Japanese lawmaker Hei Seki, who ... used in industries such as defense and electric vehicles. While ... travel to Japan, saying Japanese leaders’ comments on Taiwan ...Business Jan 7, 2026 | 9:59 pm
China Flexes Blockade Capabilities Near Taiwan on Second Day of Military Drills
... near-daily basis. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Zhang Xiaogang ... imposed sanctions against 20 defense-related US companies and ... statement by Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, saying its ... against the resurgence of Japanese militarism.” China and ...News Dec 31, 2025 | 8:58 am
A Stable Indo-Pacific Is Key to Indonesia’s National Security
... Foreign Minister Sugiono and Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin met in Tokyo with Japanese Foreign Minister ... Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister ...Opinion Dec 17, 2025 | 12:41 pm
Japan Protests After Chinese Military Aircraft Locks Its Radar on Japanese Jets
... recently over the Japanese leader’s Taiwan remarks. Japan’s Defense Ministry said ... same Chinese J-15 both times. Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, briefing reporters in ... a Chinese warship targeted a radar on a Japanese destroyer, Kyodo said. Elsewhere in ...News Dec 7, 2025 | 1:13 pm
Japan Braces for Economic Fallout as China Tightens Travel Curbs
... Closer to Prabowo on Defense Disputes Can Drag ... was angered by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement ... countries, Chinese protesters attacked Japanese businesses and boycotted their ... Shanghai canceled shows by a Japanese entertainment company. A book ...News Nov 26, 2025 | 2:04 pm
Japan PM Takaichi Wants to Get Closer to Prabowo on Defense
... manners.” Foreign Minister Sugiono and Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin meet Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae ... with Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi saw both ...News Nov 19, 2025 | 9:58 am
A Spat over Taiwan Is Threatening China-Japan Ties
... Beyond Past Japanese Statements Speaking to a parliamentary committee, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ... China, with the foreign and defense ministries, the Taiwan Affairs Office ... is called the Self-Defense Force. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe succeeded ...News Nov 17, 2025 | 1:32 pm
Japan Protests China's Travel Advisory Over Taiwan Remarks
... and what it called Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's “erroneous remarks ... Takaichi, who became prime minister last month, said in ... later taken down, sparked a Japanese diplomatic protest that was followed ... the main supplier of defense equipment to the island's ...News Nov 16, 2025 | 4:09 am
Ten New Faces in Indonesia’s Hall of Heroes: From Soeharto to Sarwo Edhie
... Dur’s moral leadership and defense of tolerance left an enduring ... , he rose from the Japanese-trained PETA forces to become ... scholar, Mochtar served as Foreign Minister (1978–1988) and earlier ... as Justice Minister. He crafted the concept ...News Nov 10, 2025 | 1:53 pm
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