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May 29, 2018

LDP calls for scrapping 1% cap on Japan’s defense budget

The Asahi Shimbun: The ruling party endorsed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s call to remove a 1 percent psychological cap on

May 24, 2018

Shield of the Pacific: Japan as a Giant Aegis Destroyer

CSIS: Several decades ago, former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone once described his country as a “big aircraft carrier” from which

May 23, 2018

Here’s how many billions Japan and South Korea are spending on American defense goods

Defense News: WASHINGTON ― In an era where the American president wants allies to Buy American, two of America’s closest

May 21, 2018

Japan and Russia plan high-level talks on defense, diplomacy

Nikkei Asian Review: TOKYO — Japan and Russia intend to have their top foreign affairs and defense officials meet this

April 12, 2018

U.S. to conduct next test of antiballistic missile co-developed with Japan by end of 2018: Pentagon

The Japan Times: WASHINGTON – The United States will conduct its next test of an antiballistic missile it has jointly

March 27, 2018

US and Experts Dismiss Lavrov claim that Japan’s Missile Defense Infringes on Russian Security

Polygraph.info: During his press conference in Tokyo on March 21, Lavrov said Japan’s decision to deploy U.S.-made missile defense systems

March 20, 2018

China, not North Korea, to dominate Japan military planning

Reuters: TOKYO (Reuters) – North Korea’s growing missile arsenal might be the most obvious and immediate military threat facing Japan,

March 2, 2018

Japan Debating Placing Missiles on Okinawa to Counter China

Sputnik News: The Japanese government has been in talks to place surface-to-ship missile batteries on Okinawa’s mainland in response to

February 23, 2018

Keen Edge ’18 tests U.S., Japan missile defense

Hawaii Army Weekly: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM — The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command focused on testing Integrated

February 20, 2018

Japan and US scramble to perfect missile attack responses

Nikkei Asian Review: TOKYO — As North Korea refuses to give up its nuclear and missile development programs, Japan and