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How Japan invaded China in World War II

Japan’s invasion of China in World War II began with the expansion of conflict after years of tension. Following the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, Japanese forces launched a full-scale war, ...
China has strongly criticised Japan’s approval of a record defence budget exceeding 9 trillion yen for the fiscal year 2026, warning that Tokyo is accelerating military expansion and deviating from ...
On the eve of World War II, Japan secretly purchased an advanced American airliner: the Douglas DC-4E. Officially sold as a civilian aircraft, it vanished into a hidden military program designed to ...
Satellite imagery reviewed by Newsweek this week showed Chinese-led work to revive a World War II-era runway was nearing completion in the remote South Pacific atoll of Wolaei, just a few hundred ...
The Japanese public now sees China's growing military power as the country's leading security concern, overtaking the threat ...
They’re at it again. China and Japan are frenemies, trading partners and uneasy neighbors with a tortured and bloody history ...
The United States is expanding "air corridors" that will deliver combat power to China's doorstep in a future conflict.
TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japan called China's ban on dual-use exports for its military "absolutely unacceptable" on Wednesday ...
BEIJING -- China on Tuesday banned exports of dual-use goods that can serve military purposes to Japan, a move that comes at ...