Japan plans Tokyo missile shield
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Japan's military conducts exercises to see whether a missile defence shield could be deployed in central Tokyo.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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Japan and the United States are set to  allow private defense contractors to directly share and  transfer information on defense technology, the Nikkei business  daily said on Sunday.
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Japan will proceed with planned talks with North Korea tomorrow on normalizing ties, after a report the communist nation may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman, said.
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Israel is moving ahead with plans for a high-tech shield to protect its civilians from rockets, army officers and Defense Ministry officials said Wednesday.
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MOSCOW - New nuclear weapons systems being developed in Russia could include a missile designed to defeat the US missile defence shield.
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South Korea will seek to build an independent missile defense system amid growing security jitters sparked by North Korea's missile and nuclear tests, according to the officials.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile  capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese and U.S.  government sources said on Thursday.
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North Korea&#39;s move to boost troop numbers around missile sites is probably a military exercise rather than preparation for a launch, a top Japanese official said Friday.
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The United States and Japan have detected  signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic  missile that could hit almost all of Japan, a Japanese  newspaper said on Thursday.
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Japan will seek an explanation at weekend talks with North Korea on activity indicating Pyongyang may be preparing a missile test, although Tokyo does not think a launch is imminent, Japan's top government spokesman said.
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A Japanese government panel has approved plans to send two spy satellites into Earth's orbit beginning next year, a media report said Wednesday.
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The US and Japan have signed a new agreement on missile defense programs. It&#39;s considered a key step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s pacifist stance, which is outlined in its constitution.
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Engineers and vehicles carrying liquid fuel have been seen gathering at North Korean bases housing missiles capable of striking most of Asia and parts of the United States, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.
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By CARL FREIRE TOKYO - Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, completing its capabilities to monitor activities worldwide and bolstering its ability to observe neighboring North Korea's nuclear program.
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A new U.S. guided missile destroyer headed to Japan on Saturday amid tensions over North Korea&#039;s missile tests.
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JAPAN N. Korea missile said poised for launch TOKYO -- The United States and Japan have detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile capable of reaching almost anywhere in Japan, Japanese and US government sources said yesterday. The preparations were detected after the reclusive communist state declined to participate in a fourth round of six-party ...