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April 2005 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • CHINA-JAPAN TENSIONS: 'COMPETING FOR DOMINANCE IN ASIA' US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 25 Apr 2005
  • Japan, China Meet, Attempt to Mend Fences VOA 23 Apr 2005 -- The leaders of Japan and China met Saturday in Jakarta on the sidelines of a summit for African and Asian leaders, in an attempt to ease tensions over Japan's wartime past.
  • Koizumi Apologizes for Japan's Past Abuses, Plans to Meet with Chinese President VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has apologized before officials of Asian and African countries for crimes committed by the Japanese Army before and during the Second World War.
  • Koizumi Apologizes for Japan's Colonial Past VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's apology before the Asian-African Summit in Indonesia is being viewed at home as nothing overly significant.
  • Japanese Prime Minister Apologies for War Crimes VOA News 22 Apr 2005 -- Mister Koizumi used a speech at the Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta to offer an apology for what he called the "tremendous damage" Japan inflicted upon its Asian neighbors during the 1930s and '40s.
  • Japan Hopeful China will Engage in Talks About Rift VOA News 20 Apr 2005 -- Japan says it hopes Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Chinese President Hu Jintao will meet on the sidelines of a summit in Jakarta this week to mend the growing rift between the two countries.
  • U.S. Envoy To Japan Backs Tokyo's Bid for Security Council Seat Washington File 18 Apr 2005 -- The new U.S. ambassador to Japan says the United States backs Tokyo's bid to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.
  • China: Beijing Says Relations With Tokyo Worst In 30 Years RFE/RL 18 Apr 2005 -- Tensions between China and Japan continue to escalate, with Beijing on Monday saying bilateral relations are at a 30-year low. For the third week in a row, thousands of anti-Japanese protestors held violent demonstrations in Chinese cities on Saturday and Sunday, raising concerns about regional stability.
  • JAPAN-CHINA UN VOA 18 Apr 2005 -- Japan's quest for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council is one of the factors fueling the anti-Japan protests that have erupted across China. Hopes are fading fast that Japan will win a seat anytime soon.
  • ANTI-JAPANESE PROTESTS ERUPT AGAIN IN SEVERAL CHINESE CITIES CNA 17 Apr 2005 -- Anti-Japanese protests erupted again Sunday as Japan's foreign minister arrived in Beijing, with protesters in many Chinese cities clashing with police.
  • JAPAN/PROTESTS/REACT VOA 17 Apr 2005 -- In Japan, expectations are (were) high that the Japanese foreign minister's meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing will calm tensions between the two countries.
  • CHINA/JAPAN/DIPLOMACY VOA 17 Apr 2005 -- China has refused to apologize to Japan's foreign minister, following days of sometimes violent anti-Japanese demonstrations. The Chinese protesters have denounced Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and what they say is Tokyo's downplaying of its 20th Century militarism.
  • CHINA / ANTI-JAPANESE PROTEST VOA 16 Apr 2005 -- On the eve of a visit by Japan's foreign minister to Beijing, thousands of Chinese took to the streets in at least three cities to protest Japan's approval of a school textbook allegedly glossing over its 20th century aggression in Asia. Japan has lodged a protest about a wave of rowdy demonstrations in China this past week.
  • JAPAN-CHINA DISPUTE VOA 13 Apr 2005 -- In a move likely to further exacerbate tension between Tokyo and Beijing, Japan has announced it will begin granting concessions for test drilling for natural gas and oil in waters disputed with China.
  • JAPAN-CHINA TENSIONS VOA 12 Apr 2005 -- China and Japan are engaged in a war of words over which country is to blame for anti-Japanese demonstrations in China. The dispute has prompted strong words from the prime ministers of both countries.
  • Japan to propose early implementation of CTBT at NTP review session IRNA 10 Apr 2005 -- Japan will propose that participants at a forthcoming international nuclear conference include a statement urging an early implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty in a final document to be adopted at the end of the meeting, government officials said Sunday.
  • JAPAN/CHINA/PROTESTS VOA 10 Apr 2005 -- Two Japanese students have been beaten in Shanghai, and large anti-Japanese demonstrations have taken place in two southern Chinese cities. Hapan has lodged a formal protest over a violent demonstration at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing a day earlier.
  • CHINA / JAPAN PROTESTS VOA 09 Apr 2005 -- Thousands of people have taken to the streets in China's capital to voice their anger against Japan for approving a controversial history textbook. Demonstrators called for a boycott of Japanese products to push Japan to apologize for wartime aggression.
  • Japan links loan resumption to sharing of N-info: Pak daily IRNA 08 Apr 2005 -- Japan has said that it intends to resume loan facility to Pakistan, but similar to Islamabad share information on nuclear proliferation with Tokyo, a local press report said on Friday.
  • Thales wins missile control contract in Japan Thales 08 Apr 2005 -- Recently Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (Melco) of Japan and Thales Nederland signed a contract for the delivery of a Thales missile control module that will be incorporated in Melco's new FCS-3 radar. The missile control module will add Thales Nederland's revolutionary ICWI technology to the FCS-3 radar. This radar will be installed on the 16DDH, the first of a new class of helicopter carriers for the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force.
  • LOCKHEED MARTIN RECEIVES NINTH ANNUAL CONTRACT FOR F-2 COMPONENT WORK Lockheed Martin 07 Apr 2005 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] received a contract from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) on March 31 valued at over $125 million to manufacture components for five additional F-2 production aircraft. MHI is the prime contractor for the F-2, Japan’s highly maneuverable support fighter.



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