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TOKYO AP 鈥?U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel pra
stanley cup ised Japan contribution to drastic reform and modernization of their alliance, particularly its military capability and spending, as well as a decision to allow Japanese-made Patriot guided missiles to be shipped to the United States to make up for its decreasing inventory.In a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara on Wednesday, Emanuel noted a series of steps Japan has taken to bolster its military power and the countries ; alliance, saying it brings the level of deterrence to capital D deterrence. In the latest move, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida government on Friday eased its postwar ban on lethal weapons exports, a move seen as a major break from Japan postwar self-defense-only principle. It also approved a 16.5 percent increase in defense spending next year to a record 7.95 trillion-yen $56 billion with a focus on missile strike and defense capabilities.The revision t
stanley cup o the arms transfer policy allows Japan to export weapons and components made in Japan under foreign licenses to the licensing nations. It also a first major revision of Japans arms export ban since an earlier easing on non-lethal weapons transfer in 2014. Kishida government is currently in the process of further easing the policy to allow sale t
stanley cup o third countries of jointly developed lethal weapons, like a next-generation fighter jet Japan is co-developing with Britain and Italy.READ Aenu Mexico s former public security chief convicted in U.S. drug case
RAFAH, Gaza Strip AP 鈥?After more than three weeks of siege, the first Palestinians 鈥?dozens of dual passport holders and seriously injured 鈥?were allowed to leave Gaza, where Israeli airstrikes pounded a refugee camp for the second day Wednesday.Even as bombings have driven tens of thousands from their homes and food, water and fuel run low, no one has been allowed
stanley cup to leave the embattled enclave, except for four hostages released by Hamas. Another captive was rescued by Israeli forces earlier this week. But a limited agreement appeared to have been reached Wednesday.Live updates: Whats happening in the Israel-Hamas war as Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza refugee camp for second dayMeanwhile, Al-Jazeera television, one of the few media outlets still reporting from northern Gaza, aired footage of
stanley cup devastation in the Jabaliya refugee camp near Gaza City and of several wounded people, including children, being brought to a nearby hospital. The Hamas-run government said the strikes killed and wounded many people, but the exact toll was not yet known.The Al-Jazeera footage showed nearly identical scenes as the day before, with dozens of men digging through the gray rubble of demolished multistory buildings in search of survivors.The toll from Tuesday strikes was also unknown, though the director of a nearby hospital said hundreds were killed or wounde
crocs d. Israel said those strikes killed dozens of militants, including a senior Hamas commander who was involved in the militants 8
