By DAIZO TERAMOTO/ Staff Writer
May 7, 2020 at 20:31 JST
Akita Governor Norihisa Satake, center, and Akita Mayor Motomu Hozumi make requests to Defense Minister Taro Kono in January over the deployment of the Aegis Ashore system at the Araya training area. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
AKITA—The government decided to scrap its plan to deploy a U.S.-made Aegis Ashore missile defense system at a site here after a series of blunders humiliated defense officials and infuriated local residents. [Read More]
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