The USS Shiloh returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Hawaii on Friday after a three-month deployment patrolling the South Pacific in support of Oceania Maritime Security Initiative 2025.

A medical transport helicopter fell into the sea in southwestern Japan, killing the patient and two other people, the Japan coast guard said.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Saturday presided over the opening of an expansion of his country’s main naval base, which analysts and the U.S. government suspect will be used as a strategic outpost by China.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated construction work on a solar plant in neighboring Sri Lanka and witnessed the signing of energy and defense agreements seen as efforts to consolidate New Delhi’s influence in the debt-stricken island nation.

Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decadeslong separatist war and later took to clearing the land mines on the same battle lines.

China has announced it will impose a 34% tariff on imports of all U.S. products beginning April 10, part of a flurry of retaliatory measures following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” slate of double-digit tariffs.

Local officials objected to plans by U.S. Forces Japan to add a handful of new personnel to a small military compound in central Tokyo as a “perpetuation” of the U.S. military presence.

A contingent of international military officers joined U.S. sailors Friday as command of the Navy’s largest destroyer squadron passed to its deputy commodore.

U.S. and Chinese military officials met this week for their first working-level talks since President Donald Trump re-took office, with the two sides sharing their respective concerns over military safety on the seas.

Patrons at Tajimaya Coffee House in Tokyo can savor a variety of coffees, including the house’s original blend and rare single-origin offerings featured as monthly specials.