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The Japanese government wants to exempt information on patented technology items in 25 sectors, such as those for hypersonic and stealth flight, from being disclosed to beef up the country's economic security, officials said on June 12.
Two factors have driven the debate over the planned U.S. military realignment in Japan: campaign pledges made by the Democratic Party of Japan and complaints from Okinawans about the presence of the U.S. military. These factors have had a particularly strong impact on efforts to preserve the Marine Corps Air Station on Okinawa. However, other critical factors national interests, regional threats, and the U.S.–Japan alliance’s military requirements are absent from the discussion over the station’s scheduled relocation from Futenma to a more remote locale. The Obama Administration should continue to press Japan for implementation of the military realignment agreement. It is past time for Tokyo to jettison its passive consensus-building approach and take more assertive steps.
NAHA Increasing flights of outside military planes into U.S. Kadena Air Base are jangling the nerves of local residents and officials who have long complained of noise pollution and dangers.
Tokyo, Mar 15 (EFE).- The Japanese and United States air forces held their joint aviation defense drills last week, using F-35A advanced stealth fighter jets for the first time amid raging military tensions in the region, an official statement said Tuesday. The two forces held the air-to-air combat training west of Misawa Air Base in …