Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
August 2005 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Russian, Japanese border guards conducting joint exercise off Japanese coast RIA Novosti 19 Aug 2005 -- Russian and Japanese maritime border guards have begun a joint exercise off Japan's western coast near the Niigata prefecture, Japanese state channel NHK reported Friday.
- Japan's Prime Minister Apologizes for Country's World War II Legacy VOA 15 Aug 2005 -- Japan's Prime Minister marked the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two with a statement, approved by the Cabinet, containing an apology. But in a nationally televised address at a memorial ceremony, Junichiro Koizumi's words were more muted in the presence of Japan's emperor.
- HIROSHIMA: 'STRONGEST POSSIBLE' CASE FOR NON-PROLIFERATION US Dept. of State IIP, Foreign Media Reaction 10 Aug 2005
- Nagasaki Remembers August 9th, 1945 Atomic Attack VOA 09 Aug 2005 -- The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki briefly fell silent Tuesday morning to recall the wartime nuclear attack 60 years ago that turned it into an inferno, instantly killing tens of thousands of people - and hastening the end of World War Two.
- Nagasaki Marks 60th Anniversary Of Atomic Attack RFE/RL 09 Aug 2005 -- The Japanese city of Nagasaki today marked 60 years after becoming the second city to suffer atomic attack with a call for the United States to give up its nuclear arsenal.
- 60th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bomb Comes at Watershed Time for Japan VOA 06 Aug 2005 -- The Japanese city of Hiroshima is marking the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city by a U.S. military aircraft in the closing days of World War Two
- Hiroshima Remembers Atomic Bombing RFE/RL 06 Aug 2005 -- Hiroshima has been remembering the day when a U.S. plane dropped an atomic bomb over the city 60 years ago.
- JAPAN, TAIWAN AGREE IN ASSESSMENT OF CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH CNA 02 Aug 2005 -- Japan's prediction that China will begin to prevail against Taiwan militarily from 2006 unless Taiwan engages in an aggressive military build-up is in full agreement with a forecast by the Ministry of National Defense (MND) , a ministry official said Tuesday.
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