{
  "id": 4679452,
  "title": "Japan, Belgium Defense Chiefs Agree to Deepen Security Ties",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/japan-belgium-defense-chiefs-agree-to-deepen-security-ties",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T17:03:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026083100923/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 31 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Belgian counterpart, Theo Francken, at a meeting in Tokyo on Monday agreed to deepen security cooperation between their countries. Koizumi welcomed Belgium's first assignment of a defense attache to its embassy in Tokyo, saying this is highly significant as the security in the Euro-Atlantic region and that in th...",
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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."
}