Japan stirs with arms sales to US
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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 and the United States have decided to allow private companies to directly exchange information on defence technology in a bid to quicken the pace of joint development, a report said Sunday.
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Washington - The US has welcomed an agreement with Japan paving the way for a resumption of imports of US beef, halted in December 2003 following the discovery of a case of mad cow disease in Washington state.
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In a shift away from its postwar pacifism, Japan&#39;s government overhauled its defense guidelines today, easing an arms exports ban and singling out North Korea and China as security threats.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi stressed Thursday on the importance of Japan-US alliance in dealing with international affairs after US President George W.Bush secured his second term.
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The United States and Japan agreed Friday to strengthen cooperation on missile defense amid concerns of a possible long-range rocket launch by North Korea.
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The U.S. government is on its way to  brokering about $20 billion in arms sales in the fiscal year  that began October 1, steady with last year's near-record  total, the Pentagon official responsible for such sales said on  Monday.
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The US Department of Defense has notified Congress that it plans to sell Taiwan missiles worth 421 million US dollars, which would help boost the island's defenses against rival China.
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The US and Japan have signed a new agreement on missile defense programs. It&#39;s considered a key step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyo&#39;s pacifist stance, which is outlined in its constitution.
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Japan's trade surplus hits a 24-year high as exports to Asia and Europe offset a fall in sales to the US.
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Japan&#039;s increasing military role  was indicative of U.S. support for a continued U.S.-Japan  alliance, Richard Lawless, the U.S. deputy defense  undersecretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs, said on Tuesday.
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In Japan, that is. The game player's surprising pricing there may indicate what the U.S. market can expect.
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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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TOKYO: Japan and the United States on Friday agreed to boost cooperation in their missile defense programs - an important first step in carrying out new defense guidelines that ease Tokyoâs strict postwar pacifism.
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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  defensive posture in place since its defeat in World War II.
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Japan sent two destroyers and a surveillance plane to the Sea of Japan on Thursday, American and Japanese government officials said, after the United States and Japan detected signs that North Korea was preparing to test a ballistic missile capable of
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GENEVA, Switzerland - 11/29/04 - In another broadside in an ongoing trade dispute between the US and the European Union, Japan and several other countries, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has levied punitive tariffs on a variety of US exports ranging