The Asahi Shinbun reports today that a grade 1 Lieutenant at the Defence Ministry’s Information HQ is to be charged on suspicion of breaking the SDF Law (Disclosure of Defence Secrets) over an article published in the Yomiuri Newspaper in 2005 about a Chinese submarine drifting powerless in the South China sea after an accident.
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February 21, 2008
Missile Defense
Military affairs journalist Shunji Taoka (田岡俊次) reports in Sekai (世界) (March ‘08) that the Japanese government have already paid over ¥1000000000000 (一兆円) (approx.$9.25 billion) to the US for a limited and still-experimental Patriot Missile Defense system.
