Tokyo&#39;s defence review names China and North Korea as security ...
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Japan yesterday named China and North Korea as causes for security concern as it instigated an overhaul of defence priorities to meet what it regards as the changing nature of global threats.
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Japan and China will cooperate closely to ensure that North Korea follows through on its agreement to dismantle its nuclear weapons programs, Japan's prime minister said Friday.
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Japanese Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma   said on Friday that China's military build-up was a concern   rather than a threat, retracting earlier comments that had   triggered a rebuttal from Beijing.
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China is North Korea&#039;s No. 1 ally and trading partner. South Korea and Japan are key economic players. The United States offers the isolated Communist state diplomatic recognition and security guarantees.
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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 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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TOKYO  - Japan took up with China the issue of a suspicious submarine that intruded into its waters amid alarm in Tokyo that the vessel was a show of strength from its neighbour and growing competitor.
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Japan announces key changes in its defence stance, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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Japan said it has obtained intelligence indicating that North Korea may be preparing to test fire a short-range missile, in what would be the latest provocation from the communist country.
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Reports out of Japan claim that there are activities in North Korea implying that the country may be preparing to launch one of its ballistic missiles.
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In a shift away from its postwar pacifism, Japan&#39;s government overhauled its defense guidelines today, easing an arms exports ban and singling out North Korea and China as security threats.
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Japan has reportedly dispatched surveillance ships to the Sea of Japan, believing that North Korea may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile.
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Japan and the US yesterday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs -- an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s strict postwar pacifism.
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Reclusive North Korea accused the U.S., Japan and South Korea of being Asia's biggest security threats and pledged to give up its nuclear weapons if they dismantle missiles aimed at it, according to a North Korean document seen Thursday.
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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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Ships from  Japan, the United States, Australia and France on Tuesday began  Asia's first naval exercise to clamp down on weapons of mass  destruction, a drill that communist North Korea has called  hostile and provocative.
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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