Japan approves overhaul of military policy
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Japan has approved an overhaul of its military policy to take account of threats from China and North Korea and to allow defense exports to the United States.
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Japan has welcomed President Bush&#39;s decision to redeploy US troops overseas, saying the changes will better suit the global security environment.
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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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The Japanese Cabinet approves a new set of financial sanctions against North Korea.
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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's beleaguered government overcame opposition hurdles early Friday and pushed through legislation aimed at cleaning up a major political scandal that culminated earlier this week with the suicide of the agriculture minister.
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Japan's upper house of parliament votes to upgrade the defence agency to a full ministry.
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Japan's ruling party is eyeing an overhaul of the post-war constitution to allow the military to use force in international missions and let a woman ascend the throne.
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China has voiced concern over Japan&#39;s overhaul of defence policy that eased a decades-old ban on arms exports and suggested a shift from a defensive posture.
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JAPAN took another step away from its post-World War II pacifism yesterday by ending its decades-old ban on military exports and telling defence planners to regard China and North Korea as threats.
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Japan's parliament elects Shinzo Abe as the country's new prime minister, replacing Junichiro Koizumi.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s Cabinet agreed yesterday to extend the deployment of Japan&#39;s 600 noncombat troops in
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TOKYO Dec 9, 2004 - Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister 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's Foreign Ministry spokesman,    Hatsuhisa Takashima , said here last week that his country had been active in the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
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Japanâs Cabinet today approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, had argued the dispatch was needed
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Japanese lawmakers on Wednesday approved a two-year extension of the country's air force transport mission in Iraq, despite criticism of Tokyo's involvement in the increasingly unpopular war.