Sapporo to reveal defence scheme
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Japanese brewer Sapporo scraps current anti-takeover measures, but looks for new ways to fend off suitors.
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Japan and the United States have decided to allow private companies to directly exchange information on defence technology in a bid to quicken the pace of joint development, a report said Sunday.
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The Japanese prime minister risked causing a diplomatic incident with Moscow yesterday by taking a boat trip to inspect islands that have been at the centre of a territorial dispute since the second world war.
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Japan has unveiled a new defence policy that envisions a bigger role in global military cooperation and aims to create a more flexible force to cope with terrorist and missile attacks.
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Japan&#39;s prime minister Sunday has vowed to make the country&#39;s defense forces better able to fight terrorism and any attackers who would use weapons of mass destruction.
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SEOUL Citing intelligence from spy satellites and radio interceptions, the Japanese prime minister&#39;s office said on Thursday that North Korea might be preparing a test launching of a Rodong ballistic missile.
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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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Tokyo needs to bolster its missile defence to counter the threat from North Korea, Japan's defence ministry says.
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NATO defence ministers agreed on Thursday to study the idea of building a "bolt-on" missile defence system that would plug gaps in a planned U.S. shield in Europe.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level  alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power  plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may  carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on  Saturday, citing government sources.
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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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The leak of data on the missile defense system Japan shares with Washington is a "serious problem", and both nations must work together to improve security, the U.S. forces commander in Japan urged on Friday.
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Japan says it now believes signs of activity around a suspected North Korean missile site are part of routine military drills. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda told reporters Friday that Japan will
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The battle for Japanese beer maker Sapporo Holdings , which faces a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, fizzed on Friday with newspapers reporting that bigger rivals Asahi Breweries Ltd.  or Kirin Brewery  may integrate Sapporo.
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (10/12/04) - In a major departure from the past, Japan has decided to overhaul its military policy taking into account threats from China and North Korea.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North is preparing a missile test.