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JAPAN: Diet group meeting seeks constitution talks
Japan's National Diet yesterday saw a major meeting of a Dietmen's League for New Constitutional...
JAPAN: Defence reforms face obstacles
Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda appears resolved to push for major structural reforms of the...
JAPAN/RUSSIA: Election will not change relations
Japanese policy-makers have been hoping for a breakthrough in relations with Russia with the...
JAPAN/CHINA: Military spending causes tensions
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura today noted that Japan and the surrounding...
JAPAN: Defence crises continue
Japan's Ministry of Defence (MOD), and the Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF), remain in crisis...
JAPAN/US: Rice visit rebuilds confidence
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday visited Tokyo for talks with Prime Minister...
United StatesJAPAN/SOUTH KOREA: Fukuda attends Lee inauguration
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda attended the inauguration of South Korean President Lee...
JAPAN/CHINA: Talks fail to resolve differences
During talks on February 22-23, Japan and China failed to reach agreement on joint development of...