{
  "id": 14421217,
  "title": "US holds ‘unusual’ civil-military meeting in Tokyo ahead of Trump’s China trip",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/us-holds-unusual-civil-military-meeting-in-tokyo-ahead-of-trumps",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T10:00:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3370884/us-holds-unusual-civil-military-meeting-tokyo-ahead-trumps-china-trip"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "US holds ‘unusual’ civil-military meeting in Tokyo ahead of Trump’s China trip",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/us-holds-unusual-civil-military-meeting-in-tokyo-ahead-of-trumps-14422801",
        "published": "2026-10-14T10:00:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}