Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
February 2016 - Japan Special Weapons News
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- U.S. Marines, JGSDF integrate fire power during Exercise Iron Fist 2016 USMC News 27 Feb 2016 -- U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers with the Western Army Infantry Regiment conducted a supporting arms coordination center exercise (SACCEX), at San Clemente Island, Feb. 22-23, as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2016.
- MOFA sticks to argument that Diaoyutais secretly annexed by Japan CNA 27 Feb 2016 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) insisted on Saturday that it is consistent with historical facts to describe Japan's occupation of the Diaoyutai Islands as a 'secret annexation.'
- Japan Holds Ground Test of First Stealth Aircraft Sputnik 24 Feb 2016 -- According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, Tokyo conducted a ground test of the country's first domestic fighter jet.
- S Korea Urges Japan to Stop Provocations on Disputed Islands Sputnik 22 Feb 2016 -- Seoul called on Monday on Tokyo to cease provocations to defend its right to the Liancourt Rocks islands that are the subject of territorial disputes between the two countries, according to a statement by the South Korean Foreign Ministry.
- Japan to Continue to Defend Its Right to S Korea-Controlled Liancourt Rocks Sputnik 22 Feb 2016 -- Tokyo intends to continue contesting Seoul's control over the Liancourt Rocks.
- Cobra Gold 16: Non-combatant evacuation operation USMC News 22 Feb 2016 -- The U.S. military conducted a simulated non-combatant evacuation operation alongside the armed forces of Thailand, Malaysia and Japan Feb. 17, 2016, in Utapao, Thailand, during Cobra Gold 16.
- Radioactive water leak suspends Japan's reactor start-up Press TV 21 Feb 2016 -- A radioactive water leak has suspended plans to reboot a reactor at a nuclear power plant in southern Japan, its operator said Sunday.
- US kept nukes on Okinawa: Pentagon Press TV 20 Feb 2016 -- The Pentagon has revealed that the United States had held nuclear weapons on Okinawa, Japan during the Cold War.
- Japan Concerned About Beijing's Alleged Missiles in South China Sea Sputnik 17 Feb 2016 -- Japan is deeply concerned that China has reportedly deployed missile launchers on contested Woody Island in the South China Sea, Japan's chief cabinet secretary said Wednesday.
- Presidential Office reaffirms ROC sovereignty over Diaoyutais CNA 17 Feb 2016 -- The Republic of China's (ROC, Taiwan) sovereignty over the Diaoyutai Islands in the East China Sea is indisputable and any statements that deny this fact are tantamount to the surrender of the country's sovereign rights under humiliating terms, Presidential Office spokesman Charles Chen (陳以信) said Wednesday.
- Tsai refutes ex-president's controversial remarks on Diaoyutais CNA 17 Feb 2016 -- President-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Wednesday refuted former President Lee Teng-hui's (李登輝) controversial remarks that the Diaoyutai Islands in the East China Sea do not belong to Taiwan.
- Ex-president's Diaoyutis remarks draw ire of fishermen CNA 17 Feb 2016 -- A statement by former President Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) that the Diaoyutai Islands do not belong to Taiwan has drawn the ire of fishermen in the northeastern county of Yilan, with some threatening to protest Japan's attempts to restrict Taiwanese fishing vessels' access to fishing areas near the islands in the East China Sea.
- Japanese Defense Ministry Spots Suspicious Submarine Near Tsushima Island Sputnik 16 Feb 2016 -- A suspicious submarine was spotted close to Japan's Tsushima island in the Korea Strait, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Tuesday.
- Japan Introduces Unilateral Sanctions Against N Korea Over Rocket Launch Sputnik 10 Feb 2016 -- The Japanese government announced on Wednesday the introduction of tougher sanctions against North Korea, including a ban on admission of foreign vessels to the Japanese ports following their visit to North Korea, in response to the recent launch of a long-range missile by Pyongyang.
- S. Korea's Park speaks via phone with Obama, Abe on DPRK sanctions People's Daily 09 Feb 2016 -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday had telephone calls with U.S. President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe respectively to discuss tougher new sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on its long-range rocket launch.
- Tokyo to 'Swiftly Proceed' With Own Measures Against Pyongyang Sputnik 08 Feb 2016 -- Tokyo is currently working on its own measures against Pyongyang to quickly respond to the launch of a long-range rocket by North Korea and other pressing issues, Japanese Foreign Ministry's press secretary Yasuhisa Kawamura told Sputnik on Monday.
- Fresh Japanese Sanctions Against North Korea Imminent VOA 08 Feb 2016 -- North Korea's latest long range missile launch has Japan moving quickly to impose additional unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang.
- Secretary Kerry's Phone Call With Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida US Dept. of State 07 Feb 2016
- DPRK's rocket launch unacceptable, says Abe, gov't to lodge strong protest People's Daily 07 Feb 2016 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abeon Sunday rapped a long-range rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying the launch is 'unacceptable' and violated relevant UN resolution.
- Japan Deploys Two Missile Destroyers Ahead of N Korea's Satellite Launch Sputnik 06 Feb 2016 -- Japan's Kirishima and Chokai guided missile destroyer ships have been deployed to the East China Sea to shoot down North Korea's alleged missile in case of a threat posed to Japan, local media said Saturday.
- Experts: N. Korean Abductions Sought to Halt Brain Drain VOA 05 Feb 2016 -- American experts on northeast Asia say North Korea's abduction program in the 1970s, which targeted thousands of South Koreans and Japanese, was a way for Pyongyang to address its depletion of intellectuals and visionaries.
- Japan to Move Patriot Missile Systems in Response to N Korea Rocket Launch Sputnik 04 Feb 2016 -- Japan began redeploying its Patriot missile systems to the southernmost archipelago of Sakishima from the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) in Hiroshima to prepare for North Korea's announced satellite launch, Japanese media reported Thursday.
- Russia urges North Korea to shun rocket launch plan Press TV 04 Feb 2016 -- Russia has expressed its disapproval of North Korea's planned rocket launch, urging Pyongyang to avoid such moves that could further heighten tensions in the region.
- N. Korean Nuclear Provocations Force Region to Make Hard Choices VOA 04 Feb 2016 -- Pyongyang's defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons is forcing countries in northeast Asia to either support crippling sanctions or ultimately recognize North Korea as a nuclear state.
- Japan urges DPRK to refrain from satellite launch, calls plans threat to national security People's Daily 03 Feb 2016 -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday strongly urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to refrain from its planned satellite launch, stating that Japan believes the DPRK is planning to test a long-range ballistic missile.
- Japan will destroy North Korea missile in case of threat: Tokyo Press TV 03 Feb 2016 -- Tokyo has ordered ballistic missile defense units in the Sea of Japan and onshore to shoot down any North Korean missile that would threaten its territory.
- South Korea, Japan Warn Against North Korea Missile Launch VOA 03 Feb 2016 -- Japan and South Korea joined the United States Wednesday in demanding that North Korea cancel plans to send a long-range rocket into space, saying the launch would violate United Nations resolutions banning ballistic-missile and nuclear weapon development in the country.
- Japan Deploys Patriot Missiles at 3 Bases to Counter N Korean Threat Sputnik 02 Feb 2016 -- Japan has deployed Patriot surface-to-air missile systems at three of its military bases to counter a perceived threat from North Korea, Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday.
- Japan confirms deployment of anti-missile systems amid DPRK launch fears People's Daily 02 Feb 2016 -- The Japanese government confirmed Tuesday it has readied itself for a possible test-firing of a rocket or ballistic missile by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) by deploying both ground and sea-based antimissile interceptors.
- US, Japan Complete GUAMEX 2016 NNS 01 Feb 2016 -- The forward-deployed Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Mustin (DDG 89) and USS McCampbell (DDG 85) completed Guam Exercise 2016 (GUAMEX) with the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Jan. 23.
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