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Republic of China Army M108 self-propelled howitzer parked outdoors

Matsu troops run a night Yuntai drill against a sea-air assault in monsoon weather

Taiwan's Matsu Defense Command stages its fourth-quarter Yuntai exercise on Nangan, weaving drones, TAK feeds and joint fires into a five-subject night fight under the northeast monsoon.

TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read

Official portrait of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi

Indo-Pacific

China marks a year of Japan-Taiwan row as Takaichi sticks to her survival-threat line

Beijing again demands a retraction of Sanae Takaichi's Taiwan contingency remarks as Tokyo restates the 1972 Joint Communique and keeps the Self-Defense Forces option on the table.

TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read

Exterior of Japan Ministry of Defense headquarters building in Tokyo

Indo-Pacific

Japan rolls out an emergency cyberdefense package with active defence tools

Takaichi government adds specialist teams, AI vulnerability hunting and Defense Ministry support for national-security incidents after a wave of data breaches.

TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read

Modern glass and stone entrance of Japan's Prime Minister's Office building with a flat canopy and trees in front

Indo-Pacific

Japan's security advisers say tax rises should not be ruled out to pay for more defence

At its fifth meeting, Japan's panel on rewriting the three security documents weighed how to fund higher spending as Tokyo set out a new defence-industry body.

TaiwanDefence · 27 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Guards stand at the main gate of Japan's Ministry of Defense headquarters, with tall office buildings behind it under a blue sky

Indo-Pacific

Tokyo floats a corporate tax rise as Japan's defence bill heads past 10 trillion yen

Officials say Japan's next five-year buildup, centred on mass drone buys and munitions for a long war, could cost 70 to 80 trillion yen.

TaiwanDefence · 18 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

Japan's defence minister in a dark suit with his hand on his chest beside a uniformed navy admiral at a ship launch ceremony

Indo-Pacific

Japan set to leave Trump's 3.5% defence spending target out of its new security strategy

Tokyo still plans a big rise in defence and related outlays, but officials say a fixed 3.5 per cent of GDP goal would force tax rises it cannot sell, the Asahi reports.

TaiwanDefence · 16 Oct 2026 · 3 min read