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'Military build-up doomed to fail', says China on Japan's new security pol
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Japanese media said the new strategies outlined in three defence and security documents approved by Japan's cabinet on Friday are a marked departure from post-WWII norms. Most notably, they involve doubling defence spending over the next five years to 2 per cent of GDP in fiscal 2027, Japan'
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Japan could rethink its post-WWII "pacifist" posture amid China's aggressi
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 21 (ANI): In order to tackle challenges emerging out of China's forced unification of Taiwan, Japan can now cut the shackles of its post world war II pacifist posture and let go of the restraints it has put on its Self-Defence Forces, media reports said quoting analy
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Belgium organizes wreath-laying ceremony remembering sacrifice of Indian s
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 30 (ANI): As part of India's 75 years of Independence or 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav Celebrations', Indian Embassy in Brussels and local Belgium Government officials organized special wreath-laying ceremonies to remember the gallant Indian Army troops who sacrificed th
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US Army remembers Betty White for WWII volunteer service
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 2 (ANI): The US Army is among the number of organizations and public figures to offer up tributes to the late Betty White following her passing.
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AFT grants 'war injury pension' to WWII jawan who lost his leg due to mine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Jhunjhunu (Rajasthan) [India], November 12 (ANI): The Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) has ordered the Ministry of Defence and Indian Army to give additional benefits of 'war injury pension' to World War II jawan, who lost a leg in a mine blast.
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Lawmaker says 'darkest day' in Plymouth since WWII after 6 killed in shoot
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Plymouth [UK] August 13 (ANI/Sputnik): A mass shooting which left six people dead in Plymouth, southwest England, is the darkest hour in the city's history since the end of World War II, a member of parliament for Plymouth, Sutton Luke Pollard told new agencies.
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Peaky Blinders' star Paul Anderson to star in WWII action feature 'Immorta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 14 (ANI): British actor Paul Anderson, best known for playing Arthur Shelby in 'Peaky Blinders', is set to star in WWII action feature 'Immortal', the third feature from Finnish director Jalmari Helander and is set to start shooting in Lapland this September.
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Last surviving soldier who liberated Auschwitz in WWII, dies at 98
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 7 (ANI): David Dushman, the last surviving soldier who helped liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau, has died at the age of 98, according to a statement by the Jewish community of Munich and Upper Bavaria.
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Military parade marking 76th Anniversary of WWII victory kicks off in Mosc
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A military parade commemorating the 76th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II has begun at the Red Square in Moscow, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Sunday.
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Japanese PM sends offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine; irks China, S Ko
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], April 21 (ANI): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sent a ritual offering on Wednesday to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo that honours convicted war criminals and over 2.4 million war dead from WWII.
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Police evacuate nearly 2,600 properties in UK's Exeter due to World War II
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The discovery of an undetonated WWII-era explosive device forced the evacuation of some 2,600 buildings in Exeter city in southwest England, the local police department said on Saturday.
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S Korean court orders Japan to pay damages to WWII sex slavery victims
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II.
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