In a statement, Koizumi acknowledged the "enormous damage" inflicted by Japan's military "by colonization and invasion" during the conflict.
"Japan's military technology is like Japanese culture, " Kim says.
Japan's new prime minister, Yoshihiko Noda, has indicated that he will make a new attempt to remove the biggest obstacle in Japan's military relations with America, a stalled agreement over relocating American marines in Okinawa.
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Abe is on a mission to reinvigorate the Japanese economy, win control of the upper house of the Diet (National Assembly) in summer elections and push through constitutional revision to remove constraints on Japan's military.
That choice left a legacy of mistrust that still complicates the ongoing issue of reducing the U.S. military's footprint on Japan.
His 1995 book, Japan's Revival as a Military Power, did not go over well with his former hosts.
What's new is Japan's willingness to confront regional threats and to participate in military operations thousands of miles offshore.
It was only in the last months of the war, when bureaucratic bungling and critical shortages at last began to take their toll, that Japan's output of aircraft and other military equipment dwindled.
One year after that, Okinawa was given back to Japan on condition that the U.S. retain its military bases there.
Our military planners must never forget the lessons of Singapore in World War II, when the then British colony ignominiously fell to Imperial Japan in what Winston Churchill described as Britain's greatest military defeat.
As a share of GDP, South Korea's military spending is bigger than China's, Japan's and Brazil's.
The US is Japan's main security ally and the two countries regularly conduct joint military drills in the region.
Renunciation of military solutions after all, is a cornerstone of Japan's post-WWII success and high esteem in the region.
The company started out manufacturing consumer electronics and pioneered the development of color television in the 1950s, but over time gravitated towards military work as Japan began making inroads into the U.S. consumer market.
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The U.S. military, which has helped to ensure the security of Japan for decades, is working around the clock.
Japan Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma said that without the participation of the world's two largest military powers, the United States and China, the treaty would be toothless.
The U.S. also has taken steps in recent months to deepen its military alliances with Japan, South Korea, Thailand and the Philippines.
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The U.S. kept military control of Okinawa until 1972, 20 years after the rest of Japan regained its sovereignty.
Japan's aggressive embrace of antimissile defenses is forcing the nation to undergo the most wrenching revamp of its military posture since the end of World War II.
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