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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives to attend a meeting with Serbia's leader at the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2026
Ukraine seeking air defense systems from South Korea
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also raised Kyiv¡¯s estimate of North Korean troops that could be sent to fight with Russia, saying up to 50,000 could be deployed.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike shakes hands with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during a meeting Friday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2026
Missile shelter to be built near Tokyo Station amid rising security concerns
The push to build more durable shelters comes amid North Korea¡¯s ramped-up pace of ballistic missile tests and China¡¯s growing arsenal of powerful weapons.
U.S. President Donald Trump makes an announcement regarding the Golden Dome missile defense shield in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in May 2025.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2026
Pentagon sets funds and dates for secret Golden Dome space program
The U.S. aims to conduct the first tests for the futuristic space-based missile defense program by yearend, with flight demonstrations slated for 2027.
A meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum in Suva, Fiji, on Friday. A senior official from Tuvalu called on the 18 members to collectively condemn China's missile test.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 7, 2026
Island nation Tuvalu feared tsunami from China missile test
China gave no warning on the early July missile test and did not say it would land so close to the island, said a senior Tuvalu foreign affairs official.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang last month.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2026
North Korea marks Hiroshima atomic bombing anniversary with missile test
The missile launch, which landed outside Â鶹´«Ã½ EEZ, came a day after the North vowed to pursue ¡°additional military options¡± in response to Tokyo¡¯s growing defense capabilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump has previously dismissed concerns about supplies.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
Trump denies U.S. munitions shortage and warns ¡®leakers¡¯ of jail time
Shortages of key missiles and air-defense systems were among the reasons U.S. President Donald Trump called off strikes against Iran recently, a U.S. newspaper reported.
A man photographs parts of an unidentified missile, which Ukrainian authorities believe to be made in North Korea and was used in a strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in January 2024.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 5, 2026
North Korean missile unit deploys in Russia for Ukraine war, Kyiv says
Russia has fired scores of North Korean ballistic missiles at Ukraine for years, but the deployment of North Korean missile forces would be an expansion of the two¡¯s cooperation.
An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) is displayed during the inauguration of a new artillery plant of ammunition maker Rheinmetall, in Unterluess, Germany, in August last year.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
U.S. has used ¡®virtually all¡¯ of long-range precision missiles in Iran war, sources say
As the war drags on, fears are rising that the falling ?missile supplies could limit the U.S. ability to deter adversaries, including Russia and China.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives for a meeting with U.S. senators on the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 28.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2026
Zelenskyy says relations with Japan have fallen short of ¡®high expectations¡¯
The Ukrainian leader had hoped for more following ¡°significant political changes¡± ¡ª an apparent hint at Tokyo¡¯s evolving defense posture.
Lockheed Martin's Precision strike missile on display at the?Eurosatory defense and security conference in Villepinte, near Paris, in June.
WORLD
Aug 1, 2026
A new age of missiles reshapes battlefields around the world
The world is on the cusp of a third missile age, with conventional ballistic weapons proliferating at unprecedented speed in the wake of widespread deployment in Iran and Ukraine.
A Tomahawk cruise missile live-fire test conducted aboard the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Chokai in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2026
Japan conducts first test launch of ship-based cruise missile
The missile was launched from the destroyer JS Chokai in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Defense Ministry.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO Summit Defense Industry Forum, in Ankara on July 7
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
Ukraine wants prototype of European missile defense system by mid-2027, official says
Ten European leaders and a ?dozen defense manufacturers ?gathered at a summit in Paris two weeks ago to officially launch the antiballistic ?coalition.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko visit the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, in Kyiv on June 15.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 26, 2026
Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean troops for Ukraine war: Zelenskyy
The Ukrainian leader said North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional ballistic missile launchers to Russia.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi invites his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, to walk after they inspected a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile interceptor unit deployed at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo last December.
WORLD
Jul 20, 2026
Boeing ramping up production of critical interceptor seekers
Japan, which also makes PAC-3 Patriot missiles, has been looking to boost production ¡ª though this has reportedly been delayed by a shortage of the Boeing-made seekers,
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) speaks beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a meeting ahead of a summit of the "Coalition of the Willing" to support Ukraine at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2026
European powers join forces to build anti-ballistic missile defense system
The decision signals a shift away from its reliance on the U.S. as Ukraine struggles against Russia¡¯s onslaught.
A boy waves an Iranian flag as he joins Houthi supporters as they demonstrate against airstrikes on Sanaa International Airport, in Sanaa, Yemen, on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 14, 2026
Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, breaking years of calm
The strikes are the first claimed by the Iran-backed Houthis against Saudi Arabia since an informal truce went into effect in March 2022.
Ukrainian uncrewed aerial vehicles hit what the Ukranian military say was a Russian tanker during a strike at a location given as Sea of Azov in this screenshot taken from video released Thursday.
WORLD
Jul 11, 2026
Ukraine creates ¡®long-range¡¯ command to step up strikes on Russia
Kyiv¡¯s campaign against Russian energy and logistics has forced Moscow to ban diesel exports and restrict shipping near the Sea of Azov.
Ukrainian service members walk next to a launcher for a Patriot air defense system, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location in Ukraine in August 2024.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 11, 2026
Trump¡¯s promise on Patriots will take time, leaving Ukraine facing tough choices
Experts say the time needed to build an assembly plant and organize contractors means production will not start soon enough to ease ?Ukraine¡¯s situation in the near future.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko visit the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on June 15.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2026
Ukraine eyes Â鶹´«Ã½ Mitsubishi for help with Patriot missiles
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv is interested in working with Â鶹´«Ã½ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, one of the few companies licensed to manufacture the weapons.
A woman holds her daughter following a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Monday.
WORLD
Jul 10, 2026
Nerves high in Kyiv as Russia escalates missile attacks
More than 50 people have been killed in Kyiv so far in July ¡ª with two of the deadliest strikes on the capital of the entire war coming less than a week apart.
America¡¯s cyberforces grapple with cluster of deaths by suicide
The U.S. Cyber Command building (center) stands on the National Security Agency campus at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.
J. League enters new era as league kicks off first fall-spring campaign
Players from each J. League club pose during a kickoff event on Monday ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
Speaking Japanese at the movies with ¡®Chiikawa¡¯
A "Chiikawa The Movie" poster is seen at Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo.
How Â鶹´«Ã½ racehorses find second careers away from the track
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