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Japan makes 3rd PAC-3 deployment in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Residents opposed to the deployment of PAC-3 missile interceptors hold a rally in front of the main gate of the Air Self-Defense Force's Takeyama Base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture as a convoy of PAC-3 launchers rolled into the base early Jan. 30. The Japanese government has deployed similar antimissile systems in Saitama and Chiba prefectures to protect the Tokyo metropolitan area against a missile attack.

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Japan makes 3rd PAC-3 deployment in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A convoy of launchers of PAC-3 missile interceptors moves into the Air Self-Defense Force's Takeyama Base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, early Jan. 30. Japan has deployed similar antimissile systems in Saitama and Chiba prefectures to protect the Tokyo metropolitan area against a missile attack.

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U.S. Misawa Air Base unveils missile defense system to locals

AOMORI, Japan - The U.S. military invited local officials to view a U.S. antimissile defense system near the U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture on Nov. 6. The photo shows a U.S. army officer explaining the functions of a mobile information processing system known as JTAGS to about 50 invited officials from the city of Misawa and the adjoining town of Tohoku. The system was deployed at the U.S. base last month.

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Japan's 6th Aegis warship named Ashigara is launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan's sixth Aegis destroyer Ashigara is launched at a ceremony in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s dockyard in Nagasaki on Aug. 30. The Ashigara will be fitted with the U.S.-developed sea-based Standard Missile-3 antimissile system after it goes into service in spring 2008.

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Deeper ties to academia needed on antimissile system: Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 18. He said the Japanese government should work with university-based research institutes on the missile shield project it is pursuing with the United States.

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Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), leader of the New Conservative Party (NCP), the smallest of the three ruling parties, listens to an officer during his inspection tour of the 7,250-ton Kirishima, one of Japan's four Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced antimissile and antiaircraft systems, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27. Afterwards, Noda urged the dispatch of the destroyer to support U.S.-led antiterror operations in and near Afghanistan.

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U.S. Misawa Air Base unveils missile defense system to locals

AOMORI, Japan - The U.S. military invited local officials to view a U.S. antimissile defense system near the U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture on Nov. 6. The photo shows a U.S. army officer explaining the functions of a mobile information processing system known as JTAGS to about 50 invited officials from the city of Misawa and the adjoining town of Tohoku. The system was deployed at the U.S. base last month. (Kyodo)

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Japan makes 3rd PAC-3 deployment in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Residents opposed to the deployment of PAC-3 missile interceptors hold a rally in front of the main gate of the Air Self-Defense Force's Takeyama Base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture as a convoy of PAC-3 launchers rolled into the base early Jan. 30. The Japanese government has deployed similar antimissile systems in Saitama and Chiba prefectures to protect the Tokyo metropolitan area against a missile attack. (Kyodo)

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Japan makes 3rd PAC-3 deployment in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A convoy of launchers of PAC-3 missile interceptors moves into the Air Self-Defense Force's Takeyama Base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, early Jan. 30. Japan has deployed similar antimissile systems in Saitama and Chiba prefectures to protect the Tokyo metropolitan area against a missile attack. (Kyodo)

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S. Korea's Moon, China's Xi agree to work closely on N. Korea

South Korea's new President Moon Jae In (L) and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, seen in this undated combined photo, agreed on May 11, 2017, to improve bilateral ties and work closely over North Korea, while they also discussed Chinese opposition to deployment of a sophisticated U.S. antimissile system in the South, Moon's spokesman said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 6th Aegis warship named Ashigara is launched

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan's sixth Aegis destroyer Ashigara is launched at a ceremony in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s dockyard in Nagasaki on Aug. 30. The Ashigara will be fitted with the U.S.-developed sea-based Standard Missile-3 antimissile system after it goes into service in spring 2008. (Kyodo)

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Antimissile battery deployed in Hakodate after N. Korea missile tests

An antimissile battery is deployed on Sept. 19, 2017 at a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in Hakodate, a major city on the northernmost main Japanese island of Hokkaido near the flight paths of ballistic missiles recently launched by North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, S. Korea foreign ministers meet

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi completes a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se on July 24, 2016, in Vientiane. Wang urged South Korea to withdraw a decision to deploy a U.S. advanced antimissile system, or the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Deeper ties to academia needed on antimissile system: Ishiba

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba answers questions at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Feb. 18. He said the Japanese government should work with university-based research institutes on the missile shield project it is pursuing with the United States. (Kyodo)

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Coalition leader urges dispatch of Aegis destroyer

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Takeshi Noda (C), leader of the New Conservative Party (NCP), the smallest of the three ruling parties, listens to an officer during his inspection tour of the 7,250-ton Kirishima, one of Japan's four Aegis destroyers equipped with advanced antimissile and antiaircraft systems, in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Nov. 27. Afterwards, Noda urged the dispatch of the destroyer to support U.S.-led antiterror operations in and near Afghanistan. (Kyodo)