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Jesse Johnson

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Tokyo
As seen in: The Japan Times, Constant Contact, Military.com, Stars and Stripes, Task & Purpose, American Military News, The Manila Times, Center for a New American Security (CNAS), RealClear Defense, War is Boring, The Citizen (Rockdale and Newton Counties) and
Covers:  Northeast Asian security and diplomacy
Defense/diplomacy @Japantimes • views my own • jesse.johnson @ japantimes. co. jp / Signal: jljzen.18 / jljzen.bsky.social

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Living the news-junkie's dream as the Digital News Desk chief and senior reporter at The Japan Times in Tokyo. I'm a fluent Japanese speaker (JLPT N1 certified), knowledgable in AP style and possess an uncanny knack for removing bad puns from headlines. Interests currently include: North Korea, Japanese and Chinese history, ice hockey, craft brewskis, onsen and skiing.

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Pentagon restores U.S. military’s Pacific Command moniker, dropping ‘Indo’

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By Jesse Johnson Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
The United States military’s oldest and largest unified combatant command is getting a name change. Again. To its former name. Formerly known as the Indo-Pacific Command, the command has reverted to its prior name, the Pacific Command, or PACOM, the U.S. Defense Department said in a statement Tuesday.
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Takaichi proposes G7 framework for stockpiling critical minerals

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By Kenji Yoshida, Jesse Johnson Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has proposed a new framework to Group of Seven leaders for coordinating critical mineral stockpiles among the grouping and like-minded countries, amid China’s tight grip on key supply chains.
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What was left unsaid may be biggest takeaway from Xi-Kim summit

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By Jesse Johnson Verified
| The Japan Times Verified
Full of pageantry and gushing words about a “new chapter” in China-North Korea relations, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Pyongyang this week for talks with leader Kim Jong Un was a celebration of ties “forged in blood.” But there was little in terms of concrete takeaways following Xi’s first visit to the North Korean capital in seven years, beyond the leaders’ ambiguous commitment to strengthening “strategic communication.” What was not said publicly may have been the most important...
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