August 2007 - Japan Special Weapons News |
- Boeing Resumes Flight Testing of Japan KC-767 Tanker Boeing 30 Aug 2007 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced that the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's (JASDF) first KC-767 Tanker has resumed flight testing following the completion of scheduled ground modification work.
- Japan considering aid to North Korea after three-year hiatus RIA Novosti 29 Aug 2007 -- Japan is debating whether to lift a three-year embargo on humanitarian aid to North Korea, Tokyo financial newspaper Nikkei quoted the new foreign minister as saying Wednesday.
- Japan's Abe Reshuffles Cabinet and Ruling Party Leadership VOA 27 Aug 2007 -- Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reshuffled both his cabinet and the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party following the party's disastrous defeat in parliamentary elections last month
- Japanese nuclear plant hit by quake shut down safely, UN expert team concludes UN News Centre 15 Aug 2007 -- A Japanese nuclear power plant damaged by a strong earthquake last month shut down safely, and the very small amount of radioactivity released was well below the authorized limits for public health and environmental safety, according to a United Nations-sponsored fact-finding team of international nuclear safety experts.
- Japan sets new date for lunar orbiter launch RIA Novosti 15 Aug 2007 -- Japan's space agency announced Wednesday a new date for the launch of its Selena lunar orbit explorer, which was put off due to replacement work on two onboard satellites.
- World's Largest Nuclear Plant Closed for Months VOA 10 Aug 2007 -- U.N. inspectors say the world's largest nuclear plant, damaged weeks ago by an earthquake in Japan, will be closed for "months or a year" while more checks are done.
- Japanese Defense Minister Vows to Continue Cooperation with US Anti-Terrorism Efforts VOA 09 Aug 2007 -- Japan's Defense Minister Yuriko Koike says that Japan will continue to support U.S.-led efforts to fight terrorism in Asia.
- LOCKHEED MARTIN AWARDED $33 MILLION TO PROVIDE AEGIS BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE TO JAPANESE DESTROYER JDS CHOKAI Lockheed Martin 07 Aug 2007 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today received a $33 million contract to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) capability to the Aegis-equipped Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force destroyer JDS Chokai.
- Japan to finance dismantling of three Russian nuclear submarines RIA Novosti 03 Aug 2007 -- Japan will finance the scrapping of three Russian nuclear submarines decommissioned from the Pacific Fleet under a joint project with Russia, a senior Japanese diplomat said Friday.
- IAEA inspectors to arrive in Japan Sunday for quake-hit NPP check RIA Novosti 02 Aug 2007 -- Inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog will arrive in Japan Sunday to inspect a nuclear facility damaged in a fierce earthquake in July, Japan's Kyodo news agency said Thursday.
- Abe Group's Moves to Disturb Six-Party Talks under Fire KCNA 02 Aug 2007 -- Japan is keen to bar the improvement of its relations with the DPRK and derail the six-party talks aimed at settling the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula under the pretext of the "abduction issue."
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