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- Mission completed
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (Dec. 18, 2008)
Air Self-Defense Force personnel board a C-130 cargo plane at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem Air Base on Wednesday to return to Japan after a ceremony was held to mark the completion of the ASDF's four-year, nine-month Iraqi airlift mission. The remaining 150 members of the ASDF transportation unit at the base are scheduled to return home by Tuesday. About 130 ASDF personnel dispatched to Kuwait to help dismantle the unit's facilities will return to Japan in March. continued ... - 34% of Japanese think Japan-U.S. ties good
(Daily Yomiuri Online) (Dec. 18, 2008)
A decreasing number of Japanese think Japan-U.S. relations are good, a new Yomiuri Shimbun/Gallup survey shows, with just one-third of respondents describing relations as positive. continued ...
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- New U.S. travel authorization plan has airlines on edge before launch
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
By ALEX MARTIN, Staff writer
A new border control system the United States will start using to screen short-term foreign travelers in January remains relatively unknown less than a month before launch, and people in the airline and tourism industries are worried the lack of awareness will wreak havoc at airports nationwide. continued ... - Q&A: New U.S. entry requirement
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
Permission needed from Web site even for staying a short time
By MARIKO KATO, Staff writer
The United States will launch a new immigration system starting Jan. 12 to try to prevent terrorists entering the country. This will require foreign short-stay visitors from 34 countries participating in the Visa Waiver Program, including Japan, to apply for travel authorization at a Web site in advance of boarding a plane or vessel headed for the U.S. continued ... - Kadena to briefly host F-22 stealth fighters
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
Compiled from AP, Kyodo
A dozen F-22 stealth fighter jets will be deployed to Okinawa in January for a three-month stay, the U.S. Air Force said Wednesday. continued ... - EDITORIAL: First three-way summit
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
While Japan, China and South Korea are neighbors in East Asia, Japan's ties with these nations have not been smooth because of such factors as Japan's wartime behavior in the 1930s and '40s and territorial rows over the Senkaku islets with China, and the Takeshima islets with South Korea. In a welcome move, Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak held a summit in Dazaifu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Saturday. continued ... - EDITORIAL: The dilution of devolution
(The Japan Times) Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008
The government's devolution panel has submitted to Prime Minister Taro Aso a second set of recommendations calling for the consolidation of regional offices of central government ministries and a reduction in the number of national servants working at such offices. continued ...
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