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- A patrol plane unit of the Maritime Self-Defense Force left Japan for the Middle East on Saturday to help ensure the safe navigation of commercial vessels.
- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has left Japan on a three-nation Middle East tour amid growing tensions in the Gulf region.
- Voting is underway in Taiwan for the presidential election. The territory’s future relationship with China is seen as one of the biggest issues.
- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says evidence suggests that an Iranian missile shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed on Wednesday.
- Japan’s Defense Minister Taro Kono is set to order the dispatch of a Self-Defense Force mission to the Middle East on Friday despite heightened tensions in the region.
- Japan and the Philippines have agreed to strengthen bilateral maritime security cooperation amid China’s increasing maritime activities in the South China Sea.