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Japan's newly appointed Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo September 24, 2008
Wednesday, Mar. 04, 2009

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  • YASUKAZU HAMADA,
  • Japan's Defense Minister, explaining Tokyo's planned deployment of naval destroyers armed with antimissile systems after North Korea said last week that it would launch a test rocket
Photo: Toru Hanai / Reuters | Source: The Times (UK)