Han comenzado nuevos trabajos de recuperación de tierras en Henoko para apoyar el traslado previsto de la estación aérea de los Marines de EE. UU. en Futenma desde otra ciudad de Okinawa.
La recuperación comenzó el 17 de junio en el sitio de Henoko. Forma parte de un proyecto de larga data para trasladar las instalaciones de Futenma. El trabajo está vinculado a la cooperación en defensa entre Estados Unidos y Japón en Okinawa. El Ministerio de Defensa se encarga de las tareas de recuperación.
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Japan has revised its long-standing rules on lethal arms exports, prompting Chinese warnings of resurgent militarism amid heightened bilateral tensions.
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps began the Resolute Dragon exercise on Saturday to improve island defense skills. The drill runs through June 30 across the Kyushu region and Okinawa Prefecture.
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Former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air from July 25 to November 7.
Two mountain fires in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which erupted Wednesday, had burned over 200 hectares by Thursday morning. Self-Defense Forces helicopters were deployed to combat the blazes, which destroyed seven structures and forced 245 evacuations amid a recent earthquake aftermath. The town, scarred by the 2011 tsunami, faces added risks from dry weather.
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Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro reached a wide-ranging deal to promote defense equipment and technology cooperation. Japan is eyeing an early transfer of used warships and aircraft to the Philippines.