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Japan eyes security

By Takehiko Kambayashi
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

TOKYO — Japan, which has depended on the United States for its defense since the end of World War II, faces new pressure to develop its own national security policy as neighboring North Korea threatens to pursue the development of nuclear weapons.

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