Japan reverses military policy to face new threats
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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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Shinzo Abe, the man most likely to be Japan's next leader, sets out his plans for a more assertive foreign policy.
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Japan decided on Thursday to keep its  troops in Iraq for another year, Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi said, although most voters want them to come home from  the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Japan&#39;s ruling party is considering constitutional revisions for setting up a self-defense military force and also making the emperor the head of the state.
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Japan's cabinet approved new financial   sanctions against North Korea on Tuesday, cranking up pressure   on the reclusive communist state to return to six-country talks   on ending its nuclear program.
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The crisis is a political challenge for Koizumi, who decided to send Japanese troops to Iraq despite strong public opposition. &quot;We cannot tolerate terrorism and we will not give in to terrorism,&quot; Koizumi told reporters on Wednesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda is stumbling over the same controversial anti-terror legislation that brought down his predecessor, Shinzo Abe
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Japan&#39;s defense panel Monday called for greater security measures, strengthening the US/Japan security alliance and changing the Self-Defense Forces.
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Japan unveiled a revamped defense policy on Friday that eases a decades-old ban on arms exports and, in carefully couched words, suggests a shift from the purely
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Japan has decided to ease a blanket ban on arms exports to open the way for joint production of a new missile shield with the United States but says it will continue to refrain from most other weapons exports.
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China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially on targets far from its borders, the Pentagon said yesterday.
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TOKYOâFrom submarines to soccer and sex, everything seems to bedevil Japan-China relations these days. And with growing perceptions in Tokyo and Beijing of a military threat from
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Japan on Tuesday carried out studies to deploy a missile defence shield in central Tokyo, officials said Tuesday, amid concern that the capital is at risk from North Korea.
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Japan is preparing to mobilize troops to  deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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Japan&#39;s naming Friday of China for the first time as a defense concern in its new defense policy outline poses the danger of intensifying bilateral tensions and may even lead to a vicious cycle of further military buildup in the region.
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Japan has accused Russia of violating its airspace over and demanded an explanation.
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Japanâs military is one of the best-equipped in Asia and its economy is the worldâs second largest. It spreads its wealth around the world generously with foreign aid.