Japan Agrees to U.S. Military Move
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Japan passed a law Wednesday to fund the reorganization of U.S. forces in Japan
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The United States welcomed on Thursday Japan&#39;s decision to extend the deployment of its forces in Iraq for an additional 12 months.
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Japan and the United States will meet Jan. 13 to bolster cooperation in missile defense and discuss the ongoing realignment of U.S. troops in Japan, a news report said.
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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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President Bush and Japanese Prime  Minister Junichiro Koizumi agreed on Tuesday to accelerate  talks on ways to ease the U.S. military presence in Japan,  particularly Okinawa, a senior American official said.
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Japan plans to ask the United States to  move some U.S. marine bases from its southernmost prefecture of  Okinawa to a location outside Japan, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun  said on Monday.
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With one of the best-equipped militaries in Asia and the world's second largest economy, Japan spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid. Tokyo now says there's a perfect way to acknowledge that clout &#151; by giving it a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.
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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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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, the United States and India will carry out a joint military drill in the Pacific off Japan's coast amid concerns about China's military build-up, a report said Monday.
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A U.N. resolution to be adopted this month could help clear the way for Japan to extend its naval mission in support of U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan -- a move keenly sought by Washington, a diplomatic source said.
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Japan extended its naval mission to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan by six months on Tuesday and approved a plan to supply fuel for the coalition's helicopters.
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Japan sent two destroyers and a surveillance airplane to the Sea of Japan on Thursday, American and Japanese government officials said, after the United States and Japan detected
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan&#39;s ruling party has approved plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year.
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Japanâs ruling party was expected to push into law a bill to revive a naval mission to support U.S.-led forces.
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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.