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  • Dec 3, 2008
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JAPAN: Tamogami stirs up debate

Toshio Tamogami, the retired Air Self Defense Force (ASDF) chief of staff at the centre of a...

  • Dec 3, 2008
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JAPAN/US: Report points to alliance weaknesses

An American Enterprise Institute (AEI) report issued in December 2008 points to the continuing...

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  • Dec 3, 2008
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JAPAN/CHINA: Negotiation arrangements are finalised

Japan and China are now beginning to finalise arrangements for negotiations on a treaty to deal...

  • Dec 1, 2008
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JAPAN: MOD announces end to cluster bomb procurement

Japan's Ministry of Defence (MOD) on November 28 announced that the Japan Self-Defence Force...

  • Dec 1, 2008
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JAPAN: MOD announces ASDF withdrawal

Japan's Ministry of Defence (MOD) on November 28 issued an order for the Japan Air Self Defence...

  • Nov 27, 2008
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JAPAN: BMD test is successful

Japan is reported to have tested successfully its PAC-3 ballistic missile defence (BMD) system at...

  • Nov 27, 2008
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JAPAN: APEC meetings affirm North Korea cooperation

Prime Minister Taro Aso met with US President George Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung...

  • Nov 21, 2008
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JAPAN: Test failure undermines conventional defence

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has reported that the Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) destroyer,...