It has come to light that the Missile Defense Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense had pressured Japan's Defense Ministry into adopting radars manufactured by U.S. leading arms company Lockheed Martin.
The U.S. forces in Okinawa have been carrying out live-shell firing exercises at the Kita-Fuji training field which have already caused four fires in one week, burning 65 hectares of underbrush.
Mori, while admitting that he made inappropriate remarks, said that his remarks came under fire due to a misunderstanding and that he had no intent to look down on women. He blamed the media for their misleading reports regarding his remarks.
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DoD Missile Defense Agency pressured Japan into adopting Lockheed-made radars
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