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July 29, 2016

Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries for Olympics as North Korean missile threat grows: sources

Reuters: Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defence system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range

July 28, 2016

(4th LD) ARF issues statement voicing ‘concern’ over N. Korea’s nuke, missile tests

Yonhap News: Top diplomats from Asia-Pacific countries and other regional powers issued a statement on Wednesday voicing their mutual “concern”

July 25, 2016

S. Korea, US Not to Share THAAD Radar Intelligence with Japan

KBS Radio: Government sources say U.S. troops will not share with Japan intelligence data they collect from the THAAD radar

July 22, 2016

Growing Threats Require Critical Upper Tier Missile Defense Capabilities

Defense News: “Order to Intercept Missiles Issued.”  This was The Japan News headline on 21 June 2016 when the Japanese

July 22, 2016

South Korean bank says North’s nuclear ambitions squeezed economy in 2015

Japan Times: North Korea’s economy last year is estimated to have contracted the most since 2007 as leader Kim Jong

July 18, 2016

South Korea, Japan, & The U.S. agree on deployment of THAAD missile defense in South Korea, but differ slightly on South China Sea

The Hankyoreh: Senior diplomats from South Korea, the US and Japan met in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 14 and promised

July 1, 2016

25K military personnel converge in Hawaii for RIMPAC war games

Hawaii News Now: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM More than 25,000 military personnel from two dozen nations are in Hawaii for

July 1, 2016

Musudan missile launches

Japan Times: With its latest ballistic missile launch tests, North Korea has continued to defy repeated international condemnations and resolutions

June 29, 2016

North Korea’s long-range Scud can reach U.S. Yokosuka base

The Japan Times: North Korea’s extended-range Scud missiles are capable of reaching the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture,

June 27, 2016

S. Korea, US, & Japan to Conduct 1st Missile Warning Drill on Tuesday

KBS World Radio: South Korea, the U.S. and Japan will jointly hold, for the first time, a missile defense exercise