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Japan's defense minister today launched a protest with China after Chinese military aircraft locked radar on Japanese fighter jets.

The incident occurred this weekend near Okinawa with Chinese aircraft intermittently targeting Japanese jets.

No airspace was breached and no injuries were reported.

Australia expressed concern over China's actions, emphasizing the need for safe interactions.

Today marks the 84th anniversary of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, when the Empire of Japan attacked the U.S.

Pacific Fleet in 1941, killing or wounding more than 3,500 Americans.

NPR's Diwali Saikautau reports that only a dozen survivors remained this year.

President Trump is hosting the Kennedy Center Awards show tonight in Washington.

He'll be the first president to host the show.

I'm Louise Schiavone, NPR News, Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a defense forum at the Ronald Reagan Library last night that the Trump administration's strikes on alleged drug traffickers will continue.

Democrats have called the military strikes illegal, and several have called for full video of the strikes to be released to the public.

Hegseth was asked at the forum about reports that in one recent strike, he ordered that everyone on a boat in the Caribbean be killed.

Hegseth says the strikes are part of the Trump administration's strategy to defend the Western Hemisphere.

After two years of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, families in Bethlehem last night gathered to watch the lighting of the Christmas tree for the first time in two years.

As NPR's Hadil al-Shalshi reports, the city hopes to bring back tourism that was lost during the war.

Congress is a step closer to attempting to alter a key set of numbers from the 2030 Census.