By YOSHITAKA ITO/ Staff Writer
May 19, 2020 at 18:18 JST
The Ground Self-Defense Force's new Type 20 assault rifle, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward on May 18 (Yoshitaka Ito)
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) is getting its first new rifles in 31 years to assist it in the defense of the country's southwestern Nansei Islands against advances by China. [Read More]
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