Japan Resumes Anti-Terror Mission
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A Japanese navy destroyer departed Thursday to resume the country's anti-terror mission in the Indian Ocean after a divisive battle in parliament caused a three-month suspension.
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TOKYO - Japan on Thursday extended the Self-Defense Forces mission in Iraq for a year through Dec 14, 2005. The cabinet endorsed the extension of the deployment of up to 600 ground troops in Iraq after the
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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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Japan has vowed to keep troops in Iraq despite the beheading of one of its citizens by militants. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s group had said it would killed Shosei Koda, 24, within 48 hours if Japan did not withdraw its troops.
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Japan unveils a new defence policy, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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Japan's opposition-controlled upper house on Friday voted down a bill to resume a naval mission supporting the US-led "war on terror," a decision doomed to be overriden by the lower house.
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Japan's defense minister was due to return home on Monday from a flying visit to Iraq after declaring the town of Samawa safe, setting the stage for the government to extend its troops' humanitarian mission there.
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Japan's prime minister called on North Korea Monday to quickly resume negotiations on ending its nuclear weapons program, as support grew for Japan to take a tougher line against the communist country.
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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 has resumed its annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica now that anti-whaling activists have stopped pursuing the country's fleet, a Japanese official said Wednesday.
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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 two largest parties failed to agree Tuesday on continuing a naval mission in the Indian Ocean, dealing a setback to the government which has pledged to support the US-led "war on terror".
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Japan's prime minister failed on Tuesday to win the main opposition leader's agreement to extend a naval mission backing U.S.-led Afghan operations, activities Washington says are vital to the fight against terrorism.
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Japan&#39;s navy went on alert Wednesday when an unidentified submarine made a brief incursion into the country&#39;s southern waters near Okinawa and Tokyo was trying to determine where the vessel came from.
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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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The government made it official Thursday: the Self-Defense Forces troops in Iraq will stay for another year, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi renewed his commitment to reconstruction efforts
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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.