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JAPAN: Poll confirms Aso unpopularity
The Yomiuri Shimbun's laterst public opinion poll for January reports that the support rating for...
JAPAN: Advisory panel seeks proactive defence policy
Prime Minister Taro Aso today unveiled a new Prime Minister's Advisory Panel on Defence.
JAPAN: Government steps up Afghanistan contribution
Japan's government is stepping up efforts to contribute to Afghanistan through non-military and...
JAPAN/US: Obama team will please Tokyo
Japan's media has reported that the new Obama administration's East Asia team is now taking shape.
United StatesJAPAN: Government will submit new MSDF bill
Japan's government is reported to have resolved to submit a new bill to the National Diet before...
JAPAN/CHINA: Tokyo protests over East China Sea
Japan's government formally has protested to China over the latter's continuing work on...
INTERNATIONAL: Discontinuation of stress point
The end of 2008 has seen increasingly negative growth prospects in all major economies and...
JAPAN: MOD may rethink fighter choice
Japan's Ministry of Defence appears to be indicating that it intends to rethink its choice of...