{
  "id": 15593873,
  "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-15593873",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T10:47:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20261019/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-defense-sector"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met with Japanese Ambassador Koichi Mizushima in Seoul on Monday. During the meeting, the two officials agreed to expand cooperation within the defense sector and emphasized the need to pursue defense exchanges in a reciprocal and future-oriented manner.\n\nThe Korea Times reports that both parties reaffirmed the importance of security cooperation between South Korea, Japan, and the United States regarding advancing North Korean nuclear and missile threats. Kang also urged the Japanese envoy to serve as a firm bridge for the development of bilateral relations between the two nations.",
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        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in",
        "published": "2026-10-19T08:53:21.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Defense chief, Japanese envoy agree to expand bilateral exchanges in defense sector",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/defense-chief-japanese-envoy-agree-to-expand-bilateral-exchanges-in-15590199",
        "published": "2026-10-19T09:57:02.000Z"
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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."
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