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Japan's Defense Force Goes on the Offense

Neighbors getting nervous; US applauds shows of might

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 23, 2007 6:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – Japan has been chipping away at a post-war rule that it's Self-Defense Force can only act, well, defensively. Tokyo recently completed a live-bomb training run on a small island near Guam, the Times reports, stirring tremors among its wary neighbors, but drawing support from a...   Read full story »

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