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Mar 27, 2018

Missile Defense News

US and Experts Dismiss Lavrov claim that Japan’s Missile Defense Infringes on Russian Security

Polygraph.info: During his press conference in Tokyo on March 21, Lavrov said Japan’s decision to deploy U.S.-made missile defense systems…

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Mar 20, 2018

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China, not North Korea, to dominate Japan military planning

Reuters: TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea’s growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan,…

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Mar 2, 2018

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Japan Debating Placing Missiles on Okinawa to Counter China

Sputnik News: The Japanese government has been in talks to place surface-to-ship missile batteries on Okinawa’s mainland in response to…

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Feb 23, 2018

Missile Defense News

Keen Edge ’18 tests U.S., Japan missile defense

Hawaii Army Weekly: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command focused on testing Integrated…

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Feb 20, 2018

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Japan and US scramble to perfect missile attack responses

Nikkei Asian Review: TOKYO — As North Korea refuses to give up its nuclear and missile development programs, Japan and…

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Feb 15, 2018

Missile Defense News

Japan, US to hold drills to intercept missiles

NHK World: Defense authorities in Japan say they will hold computer simulated drills with the United States this month to…

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Feb 9, 2018

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USS Rushmore Concludes U.S.-Japan Exercise Iron Fist

Department of Defense: PACIFIC OCEAN, Feb. 8, 2018 —The dock landing ship USS Rushmore, with elements from the 11th Marine…

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Feb 8, 2018

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Abe and Pence say no divide on North Korea during Tokyo meeting, warn against Pyongyang’s ‘smile diplomacy’

The Japan Times: Amid signs of a gradual thaw in inter-Korean relations and a growing divide between Seoul and Tokyo,…

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Feb 1, 2018

Missile Defense News

Japan’s budgets extra ¥2.7 trillion for child care, missile defense and disaster prevention

The Japan Times: The Diet on Thursday enacted an extra budget worth ¥2.71 trillion ($24.7 billion) for fiscal 2017, as…

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Jan 26, 2018

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Japan Deploys First of Ten F-35A Jets Purchased From US – Defense Minister

Sputnik News: TOKYO (Sputnik) – The first of the F-35A fighters Japan had purchased from the United States has been…

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