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                    [Title] => Japan seeks biggest-ever defense budget amid China concerns
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Japan's Defense Ministry wants to buy an advanced Aegis radar-equipped destroyer and more F-35 fighters under its largest-ever budget to bolster the defense of southern islands amid a territorial dispute with China.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-31 05:16:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1413168 [Title] => Japan Cabinet OKs record military budget with eye on China [Summary] =>

Japan's Cabinet approved the country's largest ever defense budget on yesterday, including plans to buy surveillance aircraft, drones and F-35 fighter jets to help counter China's rising assertiveness in the region.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-15 03:12:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488730 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1329502 [Title] => US deploys first advanced drones to Japan [Summary] =>

The U.S. Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced long-distance surveillance drones to a base in northern Japan over the past week, enhancing its ability to monitor nuclear activities in North Korea and Chinese naval operations.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-31 02:40:17 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1307351 [AuthorName] => Eric Talmadge [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309549 [Title] => US to deploy 2 more destroyers to Japan by 2017 [Summary] =>

The US will deploy two additional ballistic missile defense destroyers to Japan by 2017 as part of an effort to bolster protection from North Korean missile threats, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Sunday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-06 13:00:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1309537 [Title] => Hagel: US strongly committed to protecting Japan [Summary] =>

Against the backdrop of Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimean region, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said yesterday he will convey to Japanese leaders that the US is strongly committed to protecting their country's security.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-06 02:33:52 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1468725 [AuthorName] => Lolita C. Baldor [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1269171 [Title] => Japan's new security plan bares increased defense budget [Summary] =>

Japan's Cabinet on Tuesday adopted a national security strategy and revised defense plans that increase defense spending 5 percent over the next five years and call for a larger role in maintaining international stability amid China's rise.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-17 14:22:57 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1488726 [AuthorName] => Mari Yamaguchi [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4988/wfkr.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 929470 [Title] => US Air Force general: Actions aim to deter NKorea [Summary] =>

The United States sent its most powerful warplanes to the Korean peninsula in recent weeks in part because it wants North Korea to know what the American military is capable of doing, the top U.S. Air Force commander in the Pacific said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-04-11 10:18:15 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/5330/usairforce.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 815841 [Title] => Noy seeks US aid for radar to monitor Phl waters [Summary] =>

The Philippines has asked the Pentagon for help in upgrading its maritime surveillance capabilities and is particularly interested in acquiring a land-based radar to monitor the wide expanses of the West Philippine Sea, President Aquino said.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1415410 [AuthorName] => Jose Katigbak [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 734299 [Title] => NATO: No immediate end to Libya bombing [Summary] =>

NATO's bombing campaign in Libya, now in its seventh month, will continue despite the collapse of Moammar Gadhafi's regime, alliance officials said Thursday.

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 South Korea's Army sees deploying unmanned surveillance planes as a priority in defense acquisition, a lawmaker said Monday.

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