{
  "id": 2245776,
  "title": "Japan and India Build a Defense Network Around China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/japan-and-india-build-a-defense-network-around-china",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T22:43:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news-asia/japan-and-india-build-a-defense/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "TOKYO – Japan is strengthening defense ties with India and Australia because it no longer wants its security to depend on Washington alone. The United States remains Japan’s treaty ally, but wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have raised questions about American weapons stockpiles, production capacity, and ability to respond across several crises at […] The post Japan and India Build a Defense…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
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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."
}