BOJ urged to monitor missile test reaction
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Japan&#039;s finance minister urged the central bank Friday to watch the market reaction to North Korea&#039;s recent missile tests, ahead of the Bank of Japan&#039;s meeting next week when the bank may raise interest rates for the first time in six years.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist urged President Bush on Friday to intensify efforts to put interceptor missiles at a site in Europe to protect against potential attacks from Iran.
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The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency is pushing for a fresh look at an Iranian military complex linked by the United States to possible atomic arms research just days after being granted limited access, diplomats said Tuesday.
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President Bush said yesterday that a missile defense system is urgently needed in Europe to guard against a possible attack on U.S. allies by Iran, while Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested that the United States could delay activating such a system until there is "definitive proof" of such...
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The government is to launch a review into whether there should be British astronauts to take part in space exploration.
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VIENNA -- The UN nuclear watchdog agency is pushing for a fresh look at an Iranian military complex linked by the United States to possible atomic arms research just days after being granted limited access, diplomats said yesterday.
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The US president says a Europe missile shield is an "urgent" need as his defence chief hints at a delay.
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Japan's Defense Agency, voicing &quot;grave concern&quot; about North Korea's recent missile tests, has called for the quick implementation of a controversial plan to realign US military bases.
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TOKYO Japan will ask North Korea in talks on Saturday if it is preparing to fire a ballistic missile, Japan&#39;s top government spokesman said.
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The U.N. Security Council must send a &quot;strong and unanimous signal&quot; that North Korea&#039;s missile test-launch was unacceptable, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton said Wednesday. Bolton made the remarks while heading into an emergency Security Council meeting where diplomats were to discuss a draft Japanese resolution that would likely condemn the North Korean missile tests.
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There is concern in Japan and South Korea that North Korea might be preparing to launch a ballistic missile. Officials in both Japan and South Korea say that since Tuesday, they have detected signs of activity
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Japan's top government spokesman says Tokyo is stepping up monitoring of North Korea amid speculation that the communist nation could carry out a nuclear test as early as this weekend.
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Following recent reports indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a missile intelligence agencies worldwide are keeping tabs on the latest information.
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Officials with airline pilots unions say the government should be doing more to alert them to incidents involving lasers and to provide guidance about how best to protect themselves against beams that can blind.
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The Air Force's management of its space programs has improved during the past year but some systems, including an early warning missile contract, will continue to need special attention, according to an advisory panel review released yesterday.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell today confirmed that the U.S. was concerned after receiving intelligence reports indicating preparations for a nuclear test.
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I ran&#39;s development of ballistic missiles has sparked concerns about the missiles&#39; possible application to nuclear technology.