May 2010 - Japan Special Weapons News |
- Chinese, Japanese Leaders Discuss N. Korea Tensions VOA 31 May 2010 -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama met in Tokyo Monday for talks that included rising tensions between North and South Korea over the sinking of South Korean warship in March.
- Small Party Quits Japan's Govt. to Protest US Base Decision VOA 30 May 2010 -- A small Japanese party is leaving the country's ruling coalition, after the prime minister broke a campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off Okinawa island.
- China, Japan, South Korea Hold Summit Amid Korean Peninsula Tensions VOA 29 May 2010 -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and South Korea President Lee Myung-bak began a two-day summit Saturday that is expected to focus on the heightened tensions between the two Koreas.
- U.S., Japan Agree to Relocate Air Base on Okinawa AFPS 28 May 2010 -- The US and Japan agreed to relocate a controversial U.S. air base to a less densely populated area on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
- Japan's air defense identification zone request confirmed CNA 27 May 2010 -- Taiwan has been notified by Japan about a request to re-draw the Air Defense Identification Zone over Japan's Yonaguni lsland.
- Gates, Kitazawa Confer on Korea, Futenma Relocation AFPS 26 May 2010 -- North Korea was at the heart of discussions that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa.
- Japan draws plans to build research center on moon RIA Novosti 26 May 2010 -- Japan is developing a program to build a scientific research base on the moon.
- US, Japan Reach Deal on Air Base VOA 22 May 2010 -- The United States and Japan have agreed on a deal to relocate an air base on the island of Okinawa.
- Japanese PM's Reversal on US Base May Have Political Cost VOA 05 May 2010 -- Political analysts in Japan say PM Hatoyama's reversal on a key campaign pledge is likely to cost him in coming elections.
- Japanese Reactionaries Accused of Fanning up Militarism KCNA 03 May 2010 -- History textbooks which have so far dealt with the issue of "comfort women" will be no longer used at middle schools.
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