Japan confirms scrapping US missile defence system
TOKYO - Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the programme had been suspended.
"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discussed this matter and reached a conclusion that the deployment of Aegis Ashore in Akita and Yamaguchi is to be rescinded," Defence Minister Taro Kono told a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.The government had originally guaranteed that interceptor missile gear would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.
However there have been competing claims about whether initial estimates would fall short of the real cost.
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