Japan eases arms export ban
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Japan has decided to ease a blanket ban on arms exports to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States but says it will continue to refrain from most other weapons exports.
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Japan has taken another step towards freeing itself from military restrictions in place since the end of World War II. The changes are a significant retreat from the pacifist policies that
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The European Union and Japan have lifted import bans on Canadian poultry that were imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in the western province of British Columbia, officials said on Friday.
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Japan has approved an overhaul of its military policy to take account of threats from China and North Korea and to allow defense exports to the United States.
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LUXEMBOURG - The European Union has agreed to ease an 18-year arms embargo against Libya, going one step farther than the US which dropped its trade embargo against the former pariah, but maintained a weapons ban.
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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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Negotiators struck a deal Saturday to allow limited imports of American beef into Japan for the first time since Tokyo closed its lucrative market late last year over fears of mad cow disease, Japanese and US officials said.
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US beef exports to Japan are to resume soon under an agreement reached yesterday to ease a 10-month ban on the meat prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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Exports to Japan to resume under an agreement to ease a 10-month ban prompted by a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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The EU has ended 11 years of sanctions against Libya and eased an arms embargo to reward the country for giving up plans to develop weapons of mass destruction.
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Japan and the United States on Saturday agreed in principle to resume US beef imports as early as next spring, although a final accord on specific conditions for lifting the ban was left to further negotiations.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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TOKYO: Japan took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism on Friday by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defense planners to regard China and North Korea as potential threats.
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The lack of a legal framework for the global arms trade is allowing weapons to reach states under embargo, a report says.
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TOKYO : Japan is set to propose the partial lifting of a ban on imports of American beef to United States authorities, a news report said.
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Hand baggage restrictions imposed on flights from the UK are to be eased, the government is expected to announce.
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Japan and the United States agreed yesterday to resume imports of some American beef, halted since December after a case of mad cow disease