Army poised for action against wild animals in Japan
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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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Australia urged Wednesday Japanese whalers and environmental activists heading for a showdown in the Southern Ocean to show restraint, warning deaths could occur if anything went wrong.
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Japan said Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers   refused a compromise offer and despite warnings by Australia and New Zealand it would be a &quot;provocative act.&quot;
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The US government and the military in Japan stand ready to help earthquake victims in Niigata following Saturdayâs deadly quake and aftershocks that killed at least 25 people and injured more than 2,700, US officials said Monday.
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A wildlife park is widening its collection of animals to include Japanese macaques.
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World's largest mammal is regarded as a delicacy in Japan, but seen as a cause in the West.
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Japan's coast guard said Tuesday it has sent a team of officers to protect its whaling fleet against intensifying protests by environmentalists.
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Union flag-bedecked Land Rovers of the Black Watch regiment stand ready for deployment. Photograph: Warrant Officer Giles Penfound/PA.
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The government announced Friday plans to conduct a sweeping overhaul of its defense policy, adjusting Japan&#39;s armed forces to better handle new threats such as terrorism and giving them a greater global role.
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The Japanese government today published a new defence plan, which prepares the way for a transition from the country&#39;s longstanding passive defence of its own territory
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In response to worldwide criticism, Japan announces threatened humpbacks will not be killed as planned on the annual whale hunt. Its whale fleet, now in the southern Pacific off Antarctica, will kill some 935 minke whales and 50 fin whales.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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Japan is bracing for a powerful typhoon, one of the strongest storms recorded in Asia this year. Typhoon Ma-on, (Cantonese for &quot;horse saddle&quot;) which is packing winds of up to 162 kilometers per hour, is bearing
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The U.S. Navy says it will deploy marine mammals trained to detect waterborne attackers at a Washington state sub base
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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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Australia is to send an armed patrol ship and aircraft to monitor the actions of Japan's whaling fleet.
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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.