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Sister cities and friendly cooperation cities of Yantai
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sister cities and friendly cooperation cities of Yantai

China Daily  

As of the start of 2024, Yantai, a coastal city in Shandong province, had established sister relations and friendly cooperation partnerships with 40 cities in 25 countries across the world. It established its first sister city relationship with San Diego, the United States in 1985. Countries Cities Date signed Types 1 USA San Diego July 25, 1985 sister city 2 …

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1 dead, 7 missing after Japanese navy helicopters crash in Pacific Ocean during training
8 months ago

1 dead, 7 missing after Japanese navy helicopters crash in Pacific Ocean during training

LA Times  

Japan is searching for seven crew members after the crash of two SH-60K helicopters, which are usually deployed on destroyers. Two Japanese navy helicopters carrying eight crew members crashed in the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo during a nighttime training exercise, after possibly colliding with each other, Japan’s defense minister said. The two SH-60K choppers belonging to Japan’s Maritime Self …

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Is Shohei Ohtani too big to fail?
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Is Shohei Ohtani too big to fail?

LA Times  

Artist Robert Vargas painted a mural of new Dodger Shohei Ohtani on the side of the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo. “I think Ohtani is on the road to become perhaps the greatest baseball player to play the game,” he said, noting the Japanese ballplayer’s ability to excel as both a hitter and pitcher, something not seen since Babe Ruth. …

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China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’
1 year, 4 months ago

China blasts US-Japan-South Korea summit, warns of ‘contradictions and increasing tensions’

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China is renewing its criticism of this weekend’s summit among the leaders of the U.S., Japan and South Korea, saying no country should “seek its own security at the expense of the security interests of others and of regional peace and stability.” “The international community has its own judgment as to who is creating contradictions and increasing tensions,” …

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Japan GSDF Helicopter Crash Sparks Disinformation Wave
1 year, 7 months ago

Japan GSDF Helicopter Crash Sparks Disinformation Wave

The Diplomat  

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter crashed into the sea off Okinawa Prefecture’s Miyako Island on April 6, with 10 service members on board. But a People’s Liberation Army Navy Type 815/Dongdiao-class electronic intelligence gathering ship was spotted passing through the Miyako Strait on April 6, the same day the JGSDF helicopter crashed. However, the Ministry of Defense has repeatedly …

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Japanese army helicopter with 10 crew members goes missing: Report
1 year, 8 months ago

Japanese army helicopter with 10 crew members goes missing: Report

Hindustan Times  

Japan's coast guard on Thursday said that search was underway for an army helicopter that went missing off a southern Japanese island. Japanese army helicopter The coast guard said it received information that a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter disappeared from radar on a mission on Thursday evening near Miyako island. According to Kyodo News, Japanese coast guard …

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Japan Reports Fewer Approaches by Chinese Military Aircraft
1 year, 10 months ago

Japan Reports Fewer Approaches by Chinese Military Aircraft

The Diplomat  

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force scrambled its fighter aircraft a total of 462 times between April and December 2022 in response to Chinese military aircraft approaching the country’s airspace. In addition to incidents involving Chinese aircraft, Japanese fighters responded 133 times to movements by Russian military aircraft, down from 199 times during the same period in 2021 and the lowest …

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Kiteboarders take flight
2 years, 2 months ago

Kiteboarders take flight

China Daily  

Famous for its sunny beaches and natural wonders, Miyako Island welcomes many visitors during holidays. CHINA DAILY In fact, despite of the adrenaline rush kitesurfing can offer, it can also be a very dangerous sport. Another risk is overly gusty conditions, winds that exceed a boarder's experience and tides and currents that are not visible put kiters at risk, not …

Things to do in Miyakojima
2 years, 2 months ago

Things to do in Miyakojima

China Daily  

Famous for its sunny beaches and natural wonders, Miyako Island welcomes many visitors during holidays. CHINA DAILY Unique beaches Yonaha Maehama Beach is the most famous beach in Miyakojima, where white sand stretches for seven kilometers. Scuba diving Miyako Island is a diving mecca, with a wealth of dive sites to explore, including many underwater caves and caverns. Dive shops …

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Kiteboarders take flight
2 years, 2 months ago

Kiteboarders take flight

China Daily  

A replica of Marksburg Castle of Germany at the Ueno German Culture Village in Miyako Island. WANG XU/CHINA DAILY Yet, the combination of kite and surfing didn't appear until 1977, when a Dutch man named Gijsbertus Adrianus Panhuise received the first patent of the water sport using a floating board of a surf board type where a pilot standing on …

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Kiteboarders take flight
2 years, 2 months ago

Kiteboarders take flight

China Daily  

Tourists enjoy sunshine on the beach in Miyako Island, Japan. CHINA DAILY Amateurs and experts flock to the shores of Okinawa to check out fledgling adrenaline sport Kenji Tamaki, who chases whatever wave or wind that keeps his spirit aloft, knows a thing or two about kiteboarding in Okinawa, which is why, every year, he goes to Miyakojima, a far …

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Kiteboarders take flight
2 years, 2 months ago

Kiteboarders take flight

China Daily  

Tourists enjoy sunshine on the beach in Miyako Island, Japan. CHINA DAILY Amateurs and experts flock to the shores of Okinawa to check out fledgling adrenaline sport Kenji Tamaki, who chases whatever wave or wind that keeps his spirit aloft, knows a thing or two about kiteboarding in Okinawa, which is why, every year, he goes to Miyakojima, a far …

Han Kite
China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier leads naval exercise off Taiwan
3 years, 8 months ago

China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier leads naval exercise off Taiwan

Al Jazeera  

Latest drill comes as Taiwan’s Defence Ministry reported a new incursion by China’s air force into the island’s air defence identification zone. A Chinese carrier group is exercising near Taiwan and such drills will become regular, China’s navy has announced, in a further escalation of tensions near the island that Beijing claims as its sovereign territory. In a statement late …

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How PM Modi called China’s bluff in Ladakh, writes Shishir Gupta
4 years, 5 months ago

How PM Modi called China’s bluff in Ladakh, writes Shishir Gupta

Hindustan Times  

After the successful outcome of the July 6 meeting between National Security Adviser and Special Representative for boundary talks, Ajit Doval, and his counterpart and Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, there has been a palpable lowering of tensions between the Indian and Chinese armies along the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control. The Chinese expansionist posture in Ladakh is intertwined …

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