Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
September 2010 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- Moscow Rejects Japan's Kurile Islands Warning RFE/RL 30 Sep 2010 -- Russia's Foreign Ministry has criticized Japan's condemnation of a plan for Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to visit the disputed Kurile Islands.
- UN chief hopes China and Japan can amicably resolve current differences UN News Centre 29 Sep 2010 -- Secretary-General Ban voiced hope that China and Japan can amicably resolve their current differences.
- Top US Diplomat Heads to Asia as N. Korea Addresses Leadership VOA 29 Sep 2010 -- Senior diplomat to hear what S. Korean and Japanese officials have to say about N. Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son.
- Russia's military chief to visit Japan RIA Novosti 28 Sep 2010 -- The chief of Russia's Armed Forces General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov will pay a working visit to Japan on September 28-29.
- Japan becomes first-ever Asian nation to resettle refugees - UN UN News Centre 28 Sep 2010 -- Flashing cameras and well-wishers’ applause greeted 18 refugees when they touched down today in Tokyo, where they will begin new lives.
- Japan Rejects Chinese Demands For Apology Over Boat Incident RFE/RL 26 Sep 2010 -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan says his country has "no intention" of apologizing for the detention of a Chinese fishing boat captain, whose arrest has marked a new low in relations between the two countries.
- Japan's Bid to Sit on UNSC KCNA 26 Sep 2010 -- Okada, former FM of Japan, had separate talks with foreign ministers of different countries making up the Caribbean Community and Common Market on Sept. 1.
- Japan Rejects China's Demand for Apology VOA 25 Sep 2010 -- Japan has rejected China's demand for an apology and compensation for holding a Chinese fishing boat captain for more than two weeks.
- Japan to Release Chinese Trawler Captain Involved in Boat Collision VOA 24 Sep 2010 -- Japanese prosecutors say they will release a Chinese trawler captain who has been detained since his boat collided with Japanese patrol vessels in disputed waters. The incident enraged China, which retaliated by canceling meetings with Japanese officials and, traders say, halting shipments of essential exports.
- China Breaks Off Talks as Row with Japan Escalates VOA 20 Sep 2010 -- China has suspended top-level exchanges with Japan, as the row about the detention of a Chinese ship captain deepened Monday. The break-off of ministerial and provincial-level contacts follows a weekend of small anti-Japanese protests in China and has pushed already tense relations to a new low.
- KCNA and Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force KCNA 15 Sep 2010 -- The Japanese military is mulling reorganizing some of the Ground "Self-Defence Force" into an "amphibious unit" modeled on the US Marines.
- Kan fends off Ozawa to remain Japan's prime minister RIA Novosti 14 Sep 2010 -- Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has maintained his position as the leader of the governing Democratic Party of Japan.
- Japan's PM Survives Leadership Challenge VOA 14 Sep 2010 -- In office for just three months, Japanese PM Naoto Kan has survived a strong challenge from one of his own party members.
- KCNA and Japan's Colonial History KCNA 14 Sep 2010 -- The Japan Times justifying the "Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty."
- Japan's Prime Minister Fighting to Keep Post VOA 13 Sep 2010 -- Japan is looking at the possibility of having its sixth prime minister in three years.
- Japan's Military Maneuvers Assailed KCNA 07 Sep 2010 -- Japan's Ground "Self-Defence Force" recently staged military exercises in Hokkaido with a large number of troops and military equipment involved. Reportedly they perfected an operation of going from defense over to offensive action through the exercises aimed to examine in an overall way the display of combat capability at maximum. Meanwhile the GSDF conducted a large-scale live firing drill at the Higashifuji range in Shizuoka Prefecture.
- Announcement of Japanese Autonomous Sanctions on Iran US Dept. of State 03 Sep 2010
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