March 2006 - Japan Special Weapons News |
- DPRK FM. Spokesman Urges Japan to Stop Suppression of Chongryon KCNA 29 Mar 2006 -- Japanese authorities mobilized dozens of the Osaka Prefectural riot police force on Mar. 23 to search six places including the Osaka Prefectural Association of Koreans in Commerce in Japan, shops run by Koreans and their dwelling houses on the initiative of the public security department of the Tokyo Police Agency.
- Japan Government Urged to Extradite Those Wanted to DPRK KCNA 28 Mar 2006 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Ministry of People's Security Monday answered a question raised by the KCNA as regards the issue of warrants for the arrest of those who were involved in the abduction of DPRK citizens.
- Japan Raids Sites Believed Connected to North Korean Abduction Dispute VOA 23 Mar 2006 -- Officials in Japan say police have raided several sites believed to be connected to the alleged 1980 kidnapping of a Japanese man by North Korean agents.
- Marine Air Station Key Issue in US-Japan Forces Realignment Plan VOA 09 Mar 2006 -- The United States pledges to move eight thousand of its Marines off the southern Japanese island of Okinawa.
- MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY, JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY AND LOCKHEED MARTIN COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL MISSILE DEFENSE TEST Lockheed Martin 08 Mar 2006 -- The Aegis-equipped cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) successfully launched a Standard Missile (SM)-3 with a cooperatively engineered, experimental nosecone.
- Raytheon Standard Missile-3 Demonstrates New Japan Clamshell Nosecone Design Raytheon 08 Mar 2006 -- A Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) successfully demonstrated proper separation of an advanced clamshell nosecone during a flight test mission off Hawaii today. The test was a major milestone for the United States-Japan Joint Cooperative Research (JCR) program, sponsored by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
- Japan Turns Down Chinese Proposal Over Gas Dispute VOA 08 Mar 2006 -- Japan has turned down a Chinese proposal to jointly develop gas and oil fields near a disputed island group in the East China Sea.
- US, Japan Disagree Over Military Realignment Agreement Issues VOA 06 Mar 2006 -- The United States and Japan are about to start five days of talks in Honolulu Tuesday to finalize a sweeping agreement on realigning and downsizing U.S. forces in Japan
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