Japan may develop fighters after U.S. rebuff: report
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Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking a budget to develop its own fighter jets, a report said on Wednesday, after the U.S. blocked foreign sales of Washington's most advanced stealth fighter for security reasons.
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Japan may position missile interceptors around the site of the Group of Eight summit of industrialized nations, to be held on the northern island of Hokkaido in July, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
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Japan's Defense Agency plans to develop a new anti-aircraft, anti-ship missile, a newspaper reported Monday.
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Japan said Monday it was considering whether a pre-emptive strike on the North&#039;s missile bases would violate its constitution, suggesting it could take stronger action against the reclusive regime if the U.N. Security Council rejects its resolution calling for sanctions.
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Japan&#39;s government denied Tuesday that US fund Steel Partners&#39; defeat in a high-profile legal battle over &quot;poison pill&quot; takeover defences would shake the confidence of foreign investors.
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In a move that could further chill ties  between the two Asian powers, an advisory panel to Japan's  prime minister will say China should be described as a military  threat in a defense review, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported  on Wednesday.
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Japan is blurring the line between defensive and offensive military power in spite of its pacifist Constitution, rattling nerves in northeast Asia.
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Japan will use weekend talks with North Korea to ask about reports the North has been preparing a missile test. US and South Korean intelligence has picked up signs a test may be planned, though Japan&#39;s Prime
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Japan passed a law Wednesday to fund the reorganization of U.S. forces in Japan
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Japan's army has worked out a secret plan to deal with possible large-scale terror attacks by North Korea, a press report said.
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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 kept up the pressure on North Korea over its nuclear weapons and missiles and expressed concern about the lack of transparency on China's burgeoning military spending in a government defense paper published on Friday.
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Japan&#39;s new defense outline tears down geographic constraints on missions of the Self-Defense Forces and allows troops to land in any country to fight a potential terrorist threat.
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JAPAN may extend its deployment of troops in southern Iraq if the security situation in the country does not change, a top government official said today.
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Japan will proceed with planned talks with North Korea tomorrow on normalizing ties, after a report the communist nation may be preparing to launch a ballistic missile, Hiroyuki Hosoda, Japan&#39;s chief government spokesman, said.
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The United States is pushing Japan to become a base for a force that can deploy to the Middle East, a move that exceeds the bounds of their current security alliance, a report said.
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The Japan-US alliance is the overriding factor and voices in the Defense Agency are stronger as a private advisory panel to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prepares to offer its report later this month.