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  • Mar 14, 2008
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JAPAN/CHINA: Beijing is concerned about interference

Japan-China relations may be set on edge in the run-up to Taiwanese elections this month...

  • Mar 13, 2008
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JAPAN: Ashigara delivery boosts BMD capacity

The Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) today took delivery of the Ashigara, its sixth...

  • Mar 13, 2008
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JAPAN: Iwakuni decision offers US base solution

The Mayor of Iwakuni City yesterday communicated to Minister of Defence Shigeru Ishiba that his...

United States
  • Mar 12, 2008
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JAPAN/CHINA: Joint statement remains contentious

Japan has begun to reveal its ambitions to issue with China a new joint document on bilateral...

  • Mar 12, 2008
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JAPAN: Governors petition central government

Governors from 14 prefectures on March 11 petitioned the central government, seeking a change in...

  • Mar 10, 2008
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WESTERN EUROPE: Film could increase terror risk

The Netherlands recently raised its terrorism alert level to "substantial", partly due to the...

  • Mar 7, 2008
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JAPAN/AUSTRALIA: Rudd decision could affect Japan

The March 3 decision of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government not to sell uranium to...

  • Mar 6, 2008
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JAPAN: Right-wing shows signs of recoalescence

Japan's 'revisionist' right-wing elements are showing increasing signs of recoalescence.