Back to the barracks: Okinawa keeps fighting, but Japan quietly rearms
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Okinawans have voted against having US bases on their islands, but elsewhere in Japan, pacifism is receding and the military is gaining strength. A new defense policy has called for Japanese co-operation in regional conflicts in addition to defense against attacks on Japan itself. Japan has been participating routinely in UN peacekeeping missions. Japanese vessels have visited S Korea, and Japanese pilots are to train in Russia. There is concern about the growing military strength of China and the political situation in Asia. Military spending is still under 1% of Japan's gross domestic product.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Coming in from the cold: Japan strengthens its intelligence capabilities
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Consolidation of Japanese army, navy and air force intelligence agencies into the Defense Agency Intelligence Headquarters is Japan's first step toward developing more independence in the operation of its military. Japan has found that its information-gathering systems are inadequate, and the nation does not want to have to rely on the US for all its military intelligence needs. Japan also wants to strengthen cooperation with the US, including providing services and supplies in future conflicts in Asia.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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Why is this robot smiling? The Japanese engineer as Dr. Frankenstein
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Tokyo Science University professor Fumio Hara leads a team of researchers developing a robot that can recognize human facial expressions and respond in kind. By pulling on the skin at 18 points, they have programmed a head to show six emotions, and it can accurately recognize them in others 85% of the time by analyzing data from a camera in one eye. Hara wants to make robots able to interact less mechanistically and more interestingly with humans, so his next project is a robot that talks.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 1996
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