-
Peter Parkes, managing director of SDF, said it had seen a 32% increase in energy bills.
BBC: Households in England hit by inflation 'squeeze'
-
SDF, should it be to increase its independence from the United States, to help America, or to do a little of each?
ECONOMIST: Japan and Iraq: Hostage diplomacy | The
-
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano stated that the government would send Self-Defense Force (SDF) helicopters to the Fukushima plant to put out the fire that was causing the smoke.
FORBES: As Japan Nuclear Fears Rise, Faith In Government Plumments
-
The SDF director David Liddell said those results, together with findings from similar schemes in Europe, meant there was now "overwhelming" evidence in favour of having such a project.
BBC: Expert in heroin prescribing call
-
In the first case in March 1999 the SDF chased two North Korean spy ships and fired warning shots after the ships were spotted off the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
WSJ: Japan on Alert Over Unidentified Submarines
-
This week the SDF and U.S. Navy and Air Force launched a massive 16-day joint exercise off the southern islands of Kyushu and Okinawa involving 47, 000 men (10, 000 Americans), 30 ships, a U.S. carrier, and 240 aircraft.
FORBES: Is Japan Risking War to Save the U.S.-Japan Alliance?
-
Much as Japan did the last time North Korea orchestrated a firework display, in 2009, Mr Noda's government has ordered the SDF to shoot the rocket down in the (unlikely) event that it threatens to rain debris on Japan.
ECONOMIST: Banyan: A (slightly) more muscular Japan | The
-
The effort was planned to be carried out by a riot squad of the National Police Agency, but the radiation level around the plant was too high for them to approach, so the government ordered the SDF to take over.
FORBES: Japan's Nuclear Fears Hit Tokyo Thursday
-
That Japan and here I mean not just the Japan Democratic Party (DPJ) Noda cabinet, but also the ministry of foreign affairs (MOFA) and self-defense forces (SDF) bureaucracies, and, particularly, the factions within the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party (DPJ) and nationalists allied with former Tokyo major Ishihara Shintaro did not expect a ferocious response from China, including shows of naval force and threats of occupation, is not credible.
FORBES: Is Japan Risking War to Save the U.S.-Japan Alliance?