Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the programme had been
anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the programme had been suspended.
But the government reversed course under pressure from local residents concerned about the risks posed by a"The National Security Council discussed this matter and reached a conclusion that the deployment of Aegis Ashore in Akita and Yamaguchi is to be rescinded," Defence Minister Taro Kono told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.The government had originally guaranteed that interceptor missile gear would not land in residential areas near where the system was based.
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