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Daily Brief: Evening — August 4, 2026
The Piaz Evening Brief for Tuesday, August 4, 2026. 7 stories, independent analysis, no ads and no lobby money. Japan has released a new defense white paper, raising alarms about military cooperation between China, Russia, and North Korea. However, the report fails to address Japan's own significant economic dependencies on these very nations. In this brief: 1. Japan's Defense White Paper Warns of Beijing-Moscow-Pyongyang Alliance, Omitting Tokyo's Economic Entanglements (Bloomberg Politics) 2. Japan's Defense Paper Prioritizes Drones While Tokyo Sidesteps Its Own History of Aggression (AP…
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