May 2005 - Japan Special Weapons News |
- China-Japan Boundary Dispute Talks End with No Agreement VOA 31 May 2005 -- Chinese and Japanese officials have reached no agreement following two days of talks on a boundary dispute in the East China Sea.
- China/Japan: New Sour Note On Bilateral Relations RFE/RL 24 May 2005 -- China's strained relations with Japan took another turn for the worse yesterday when Vice Prime Minister Wu Yi cancelled a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, and cut short her visit to Japan. Beijing blamed the decision on remarks made by the Japanese premier about visiting a controversial war shrine, which honours convicted war criminals as well as Japan's 2.5 million war dead. China has repeatedly criticised visits by Japanese leaders to the shrine.
- Senior Chinese Official Suddenly Cancels Koizumi Meeting VOA23 May 2005 -- Japan says it is at a loss as to why China's Vice Prime Minister Wu Yi at the last minute canceled a meeting Beijing had requested with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.
- North Korean Ferry Makes First Port Visit of the Year to Japan VOA 18 May 2005 -- A North Korean cargo and passenger ferry, a major economic link for the cash-strapped communist state, has arrived at a northern Japanese port for a 24-hour visit - its first journey to Japan this year.
- Japan to Build Plants in China to Dismantle Chemical Weapons VOA News 15 May 2005 -- Japan reportedly is planning to build 12 new facilities in China to dismantle chemical weapons left behind by the Imperial Army at the end of World War II.
- GE to Supply IHI with LM2500 Gas Turbines to Power Japan's 16DDH Destroyer GE Marine 04 May 2005 -- GE Transportation's marine gas turbine business announced it will supply Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Co. Ltd. (IHI) with four GE LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines. The engines will power the first of a new class of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's (JMSDF) helicopter-carrying destroyers.
- Boeing Opens F-15C Distributed Mission Training Facility in Japan Boeing 03 May 2005 -- The U.S. Air Force took another step toward its vision of a Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) capability with the opening of its newest Boeing [NYSE: BA] F-15C Mission Training Center at Kadena Air Base in Japan.
- Japan, South Korea Not Worried By Reported North Korean Missile Test VOA 02 May 2005 -- Japan and South Korea are downplaying the seriousness of a reported missile launch on Sunday by North Korea.
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