The U.S. Navy began anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises in Hawaii and Guam on Tuesday. Meanwhile, a Chinese and a Russian surveillance ship have been conducting separate sails around Japan’s southwest islands and Australia has now tasked three frigates to shadow a People’s Liberation Army Navy task group that has been operating around Australia since mid-February.

A first ever senior international goal for promising young striker Michelle Cooper helped the US Women’s National Team (USWNT) to a 2-1 victory over Australia in the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday, setting up a decisive final-game showdown with Japan.

It’s not just technical naval capability. Australia has persuasive geostrategic and industrial reasons for choosing Japan over Germany as its partner in building as many as 11 general-purpose frigates in a priority defence program.

Canberra surmised that China's military moves were intended to “shape the responses of those in the region and observe and learn from our reactions.”

The US Women’s National Team’s 18-match unbeaten run under coach Emma Hayes came to an end on Thursday with a 2-1 defeat to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup.

The United States battles Japan for the SheBelieves Cup title. This match is available on multiple streaming services for free.

A surge in German borrowing costs prompted a selloff in fixed income markets across Asia, with Japan’s 10-year yield rising to 1.5% for the first time since June 2009. Yields in Australia and New Zealand also surged around 10 basis points.

After the quarterfinal matches at the U20 Asian Cup, four teams Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and South Korea have qualified for the 2025 U20 World Cup.

Mitsui, one of Japan’s biggest companies, has gone against conventional thinking to dive deep into iron ore, adding $5.3 billion to the fortune of an Australian family.

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Japan and the Philippines have agreed to further deepen their defense collaborations and start talks on an arrangement to protect shared military information in the face of mutual alarm over China’s i

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