{"id":156927,"date":"2026-09-02T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156927"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:11","slug":"how-japan-aims-to-convert-ageing-warships-into-leverage-to-counter-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156927","title":{"rendered":"How Japan aims to convert ageing warships into leverage to counter China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJapan\u2019s plans to transfer ageing warships to the Philippines and Indonesia could turn older military hardware into geopolitical leverage, deepening regional security ties while helping Tokyo counterbalance Beijing\u2019s growing influence, observers say.<br \/>\nSuch transfers, they said, fit into Tokyo\u2019s broader security assistance toolkit to strengthen partners\u2019 capabilities and forge longer-term defence relationships through equipment, training, maintenance and interoperability \u2013 expanding Japan\u2019s&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3366100\/how-japan-aims-convert-ageing-warships-leverage-counter-china?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 plans to transfer ageing warships to the Philippines and Indonesia could turn older military hardware into geopolitical leverage, deepening regional security ties while&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\/156927"}],"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=156927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156927\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}