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Japan Defense Focus
"Japan Defense Focus" is quarterly published to provide the latest information on the Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces.
Current issue
No, 16 (JANUARY 2010)
Table of Contents
<NEWS FLASHES>
- New Year’s Address by Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa
<MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS>
- Meeting between Japan Defense Minister and U.S. Defense Secretary
- Meeting of Defense Ministers of Japan and India
- Meeting of Defense Ministers of Japan and China
<MINISTERIAL ACTIVITIES>
- First round of ministerial inspections
<CURRENT NEWS>
- Tokyo Defense Forum
- Collision involving Destroyer Kurama
- Self-Defense Forces Fleet Review
<DEFENSE POLICY>
- Anti-piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden
- IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea
<TOPICS>
- Dispatch of International Disaster Relief Team for Sumatra Padang Earthquake
- 2009 memorial service for SDF members who died on duty
- Successful flight test of a Standard Missile-3 by the MSDF's Destroyer Myoko
<SPECIAL FEATURE>
- Self-Defense Forces Marching Band Festival