US Navy missile destroyer arrives in Japan
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A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer   equipped with the navy's most advanced Aegis combat weapon   system arrived at the navy's Yokosuka base in Japan on   Saturday, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said.
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Japan&#39;s navy went on alert Wednesday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country&#39;s southern waters near Okinawa.
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Japan is planning to beef up its defense against cruise missiles in response to China's growing air strike capabilities, the Yomiuri newspaper reported on Sunday.
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TOKYO - An unidentified submarine was detected moving in Japanese waters near Okinawa on Wednesday, prompting Japan&#39;s Defense Agency chief Yoshinori Ono to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force team to step up security in the area.
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A Japanese navy destroyer shot down  a ballistic missile on Monday in a test about 100 miles over  the Pacific Monday, a first for a U.S. ally, U.S. and Japanese  forces said.
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The Japanese navy was mobilized on  Wednesday for the first time in five years after an  unidentified submarine was spotted in waters off Japan.
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JAPAN was on alert yesterday after a suspected Chinese nuclear submarine entered its territorial waters. The submarine was detected in Japanese waters near islands disputed with China about 300km southwest
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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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A senior US envoy arrives in Japan in a fresh bid to revive stalled talks on North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
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Japan's cabinet approved a bill on  Tuesday that would revise the country's defense laws to allow a  swifter response to ballistic missile attacks, a move targeted  at the threat posed by North Korea's missile arsenal.
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North Korea has fired several missiles toward the Sea of Japan, the Kyodo news agency reports.
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WASHINGTON--A target missile sailed from Kodiak Island out over the Pacific Ocean on Tuesday night but no interceptor rose to strike it, foiling the military&#39;s first
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TOKYO: Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs - an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyoâs strict postwar pacifism.
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The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.
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SEOUL, May 25 -- North Korea fired a salvo of short-range test missiles into its coastal waters Friday, flexing naval muscles as South Korea launched its most advanced destroyer, armed with a high-tech U.S. air defense system.
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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.
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Japan's first female defense minister was sworn in Wednesday, pledging to restore trust in the government after her predecessor resigned for suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were inevitable.