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		<title>Japan&#8217;s About-Face: Introduction</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the latest news and updates on Japan's military.

About the Issue:
Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution reads:

Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. 2) In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japanese Destroyer Docks in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A Japanese warship docked in China Tuesday, for the first time since World War II. The destroyer Sazanami's arrival in the southern Chinese port city of Zhanjiang follows the docking of a Chinese warship, the Shenzhen, in Japan last November. 

The exchange is symbolic of improving relations between the two rival Asian powers and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan Appoints First Space Development Minister</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lisa biagiotti</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan appointed Fumio Kishida as its first space development minister, following a law passed last month that allows Japan to use outer space for the purposes of national security. The new law aims to remove legal barriers of spy satellite use and to strengthen Japan's global space industry.

Critics argue that it could lead to military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Japan&#8217;s About-Face: Japan Lifts Ban on Military in Outer Space</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 14:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Japan’s 1969 ban on the military use of space ended on Wednesday.  The lifting of the ban is one of several moves in recent years that signal a shift from Japan’s post-war pacifism. 
After World   War II, Japan enacted a new American-authored constitution that states that “the Japanese people forever renounce war [...]]]></description>
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