{"id":155604,"date":"2026-08-04T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155604"},"modified":"2026-08-04T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T12:00:17","slug":"japan-sounds-alarm-over-chinas-expanding-pacific-footprint-vows-defence-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155604","title":{"rendered":"Japan sounds alarm over China\u2019s expanding Pacific footprint, vows defence boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan\u2019s latest defence white paper warns of China\u2019s growing ability to sustain military operations farther into the western Pacific Ocean, while pledging to bolster its own monitoring systems, strike capabilities and ammunition production.<br \/>\nReleased on Tuesday, the 610-page document cautions that Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it steadily improves its capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace.<br \/>\nThe white paper frames China\u2019s expanding reach as part of a broader&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3362957\/japan-sounds-alarm-over-chinas-expanding-pacific-footprint-vows-defence-boost?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan\u2019s latest defence white paper warns of China\u2019s growing ability to sustain military operations farther into the western Pacific Ocean, while pledging to bolster&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}