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DEFENSE MINISTRY

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2015
Defense Ministry launches new equipment management agency
The Defense Ministry launched a new agency Thursday to centralize its logistical needs and deal with the development, procurement and export of defense equipment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2015
Senior official says Japan ready to build all submarines for Canberra in Australia
Japan is ready to match European rivals and build a fleet of submarines for Canberra entirely in Australian shipyards, a senior Japanese official said Tuesday, after stumbling in its effort to win a contract worth 50 billion Australian dollars or $34.76 billion.
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2015
Private high school in Kochi to launch course to foster SDF personnel
A private high school in the city of Kochi will launch a course in the 2016 academic year to foster personnel for the Self-Defense Forces, school officials said.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2015
Defense Ministry internal document
The Abe administration needs to provide sufficient explanations on the SDF's activities and operations related to the bills to the Diet to prevent the SDF from making decisions while keeping the Diet and the public in the dark.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 11, 2015
Defense Ministry gives glimpse of wartime underground vault on premises
The Defense Ministry showed a wartime underground vault to the media Monday that was built by the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Army under the ministry compound in Ichigaya, Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 9, 2015
Japan Defense Ministry to seek record-high ¥5.2 trillion budget for next fiscal year
The Defense Ministry is considering seeking a record-high budget of up to ¥5.2 trillion for fiscal 2016 from next April, following spending hikes over the past three years under the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a senior ministry official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 22, 2015
Drone disappears during windy test flight at Defense Ministry
A commercial drone being test-flown at the Defense Ministry's premises in central Tokyo went missing amid strong winds Wednesday but was apparently found and recovered hours later, the ministry said.
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2015
Japan fighter jet scrambles down by half in April-June
Fighter jet scrambles by the Air Self-Defense Force fell by half in the April-June period to 173 from a year earlier, the Defense Ministry said.
JAPAN
Jul 7, 2015
Defense personnel data feared leaked after cyberattack on hotel
Data about defense personnel may have been leaked after a cyberattack in May compromised computers at a Tokyo hotel mainly used by Defense Ministry officials and Self-Defense Forces personnel, sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN
May 7, 2015
Australia to get classified Japanese data on stealthy submarines ahead of bid, sources say
Japan will agree this month to give Australia classified submarine data, an unprecedented step signaling Tokyo's intent to join competitive bidding to sell Canberra a fleet of stealth subs, said two Japanese officials familiar with the plan.
EDITORIALS
Apr 26, 2015
Civilian control over the SDF
Lawmakers should confirm the importance of civilian control of the SDF and pursue ways to strengthen the system rather than to undermine it.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2015
State sues Okinawa over document disclosure without consent
The central government has sued the Okinawa Prefectural Government to nullify its decision to disclose documents including an accord on joint use of a road in Okinawa without the consent of the Japanese and U.S. governments, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
JAPAN
Jan 30, 2015
Defense ministry ordered to pay over canceled chopper order
The Defense Ministry was ordered Thursday by the Tokyo High Court to pay all of about ¥35 billion in damages sought by Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. for canceling a helicopter order in 2008.
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2015
Ministries designated 382 secrets last year
Ministries and state agencies had named 382 subjects as secrets requiring protection under the new secrecy law as of the end of December, the government said Friday. Most of the items concerned defense and diplomacy.
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2015
Mitsubishi Heavy to delay delivery of fighter prototype
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. is unlikely to meet the March deadline for delivery of the first test version of a Japan-made stealth fighter to the Defense Ministry, government sources said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 1, 2014
Under new law, about 460,000 documents likely to become 'special secrets'
The government will likely designate around 460,000 documents as "special secrets" in the areas of diplomacy, defense, counterterrorism and counterespionage after the contentious state secrecy law takes effect on Dec. 10, a Kyodo News survey of 19 government offices said Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 14, 2014
A shift in defense posture
A Japan-U.S. interim report proposes that geographical restrictions on the activities of the Self-Defense Forces in support of U.S. military operations be removed as part of a tremendous shift in Japan's defense posture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2014
Abe entrusts job of winning public support for security reforms to Eto
Akinori Eto, the newly appointed security legislation minister, said Wednesday he will try hard to win the public over on accepting the historic change in security policy that will let the Japanese military use force under the right to collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2014
Japan defense budget request highest ever as Abe boosts military
Defense planners seek a record high ¥5.05 trillion budget for 2015 as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe bolsters the military in the face growing tensions with China and North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2014
Defense minister seeks local support for Osprey deployment in Saga
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera tried Monday to win over Saga Prefecture officials to his ministry's plan to deploy V-22 Osprey transport aircraft at Saga Airport.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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