Army poised for action against wild animals in Japan
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Japan is preparing to mobilise troops to deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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A U.S. Navy destroyer with  long-range missile-tracking equipment has begun patrols in the  Sea of Japan, officials said on Friday, in a key step toward  forming a missile-defense system intended to guard against  attack by nations like North Korea.
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Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said Tuesday he will press his country's case in Washington this week for reducing what he called the "the excessive burden" placed on Okinawa by the presence of U.S. troops.
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Helicopters lifted people to safety and soldiers handed out food and water as more tremors jolted northern Japan Monday, arousing concerns about the possibility
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Predators know to hunt the weakest animal in the herd. So do the Iraqi insurgents. It is an essential truth about the Iraq war that&#39;s ingrained in soldiers like Pvt.
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TOKYO In a once-a-decade defense review, Japan adopted plans on Friday to shift its military focus away from the northern cold war threat of invasion from Russia to guarding against missiles from North Korea or Chinese incursions on Japan&#39;s southernmost
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Engineers and vehicles carrying liquid fuel have been seen gathering at North Korean bases housing missiles capable of striking most of Asia and parts of the United States, a Japanese newspaper said on Sunday.
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By Michiyo Ishida, Channel NewsAsia&#39;s Japan bureau chief. Japanese troops are in Iraq mainly to help in the country&#39;s reconstruction but the mission is also seen as a signal that Tokyo wants a larger role in world affairs.
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Japan has unveiled a new defence policy that envisions a bigger role in global military cooperation and aims to create a more flexible force to cope with terrorist and missile attacks.
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Anti-whaling activists hunted a Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean on Tuesday, intent on ramming its flagship, as pro-whaling nations met in Tokyo to push for a return to commercial fishing of the giant creatures.
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After the Korean War, the Army gave up pack animals for trucks, planes and choppers to transport troops and equipment. But recently -- remember those folks on horseback routing the Taliban in Afghanistan? -- it's become clear that Special Forces might find themselves needing horses, mules and...
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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 has one of the world&#39;s most sophisticated systems to predict disasters, but there is always room for help from the animal kingdom.
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Park rangers in Virunga National Park, home to some of the world's last mountain gorillas, are on the front lines of Congo's war. More than 120 rangers have been killed in this lush sanctuary over the last decade.
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Japan said Tuesday it was pushing ahead with its controversial plan to hunt humpback whales after key powers   refused a compromise offer and despite warnings by Australia and New Zealand it would be a &quot;provocative act.&quot;
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Japan's military conducts exercises to see whether a missile defence shield could be deployed in central Tokyo.
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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.