Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
November 2005 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Iraq Hopes Japanese Troops Stay Beyond Mid-December VOA 25 Nov 2005 -- Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has received a multi-billion-dollar debt waiver from Japan, but he was not able to win a solid commitment from the Japanese to keep their troops in southern Iraq.
- Putin Promises Japan Oil, but not Islands VOA 21 Nov 2005 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin, on a three-day visit to Japan, met for more than two hours with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
- Koizumi-Putin Summit to Discuss Territorial Dispute VOA 20 Nov 2005 -- After attending the APEC leaders' summit in South Korea, Russia's president visits Japan.
- Japan, Russia Do Not Expect Kurile Agreement RFE/RL 17 Nov 2005 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Russian President Vladimir Putin are reportedly not likely to sign a joint political statement on their disputed territories at their upcoming meeting.
- Raytheon Awarded $8.6 Million Contract for Radar on Japan's U-125A Search and Rescue Aircraft Raytheon 16 Nov 2005 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was recently awarded an $8.6 million contract to provide the APS- 134LW radar hardware to Toshiba for subsequent delivery to the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF).
- Japan Protests Russian Comments On Disputed Islands RFE/RL 16 Nov 2005 -- Japan today protested comments by a Russian official criticizing Tokyo's stance on a territorial dispute between the two nations.
- Japan's Dangerous Moves for Nuclear Weaponization Blasted KCNA 08 Nov 2005 -- Japan is massively stockpiling plutonium under the pretext of "laying in stock nuclear fuel".
- Japan, North Korea Reach No Agreements During Direct Talks VOA 05 Nov 2005 -- Japanese officials on Saturday said no breakthroughs came out of two days of direct talks with North Korea held in Beijing.
- DPRK Sends Back Japanese Woman KCNA 04 Nov 2005 -- As already reported, Kazumi Kitagawa, a Japanese woman, illegally entered Sinuiju area of the DPRK after throwing herself into the River Amnok from a sighting boat during her tour of Dandong, China, and asked it to accept her request to seek refuge on Aug. 24, 2003.
- Japan, North Korea Resume Bilateral Talks VOA 03 Oct 2005 -- Japan and North Korea, both parties to the six-nation North Korea nuclear disarmament talks, are meeting in Beijing to discuss bilateral issues.
- Japan, North Korea Set to Resume Bilateral Talks VOA 02 Nov 2005 -- Japan says it hopes to resolve a lengthy dispute with North Korea over kidnappings when the two countries resume talks Thursday
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