Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1998 Japan Special Weapons News
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- Joint Press Announcement on Strengthening Cooperation Between Japan and China toward the Twenty-first Century (November 26, 1998)
- Technology Study Group for the Destruction of Abandoned Chemical Weapons
- Announcement by Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiromu Nonaka concerning the Resumption of Japan's Cooperation with KEDO October 21, 1998 -- Government of Japan has decided to resume its cooperation with KEDO and to sign today (October 21st) a KEDO Executive Board resolution concerning the cost-sharing of the light-water reactor project.
- U.S. to help Japan develop missile defence system By F. J. Khergamvala The Hindu: 22-09-1998 :: Pg: 16 :: After long years of domestic debate, the Japanese Government has finally decided to take the first concrete step towards acquiring a defence against surface-to-surface missiles. On Sunday the U.S. and Japanese governments finalised an agreement for a joint research to develop the theatre missile defence (TMD) system for Japan, beginning in 1999.
- TEXT: JOINT U.S.-JAPAN STATEMENT ON 9/20 SECURITY MEETING 21 September 1998 -- (U.S., Japan call on N. Korea to stop missile activity)
- JAPAN MISSILE DEFENSES Voice of America 14 September 1998 -- THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PRESSING JAPAN TO WORK JOINTLY ON WAYS TO STOP INCOMING BALLISTIC MISSILES. BUT U-S OFFICIALS SAY JAPAN HAS NOT MADE A DECISION WHETHER WORK ON ITS OWN OR WORK WITH THE UNITED STATES.
- JAPAN / HIROSHIMA Voice of America 06 August 1998 - THURSDAY MARKED THE 53RD ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA, JAPAN, DURING WORLD WAR TWO.
- Main Aircraft in the Ground, Maritime and Air Self-Defense
Force, as of March 31, 1998
