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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.

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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