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28-04-10, 02:58 PM
By Jon Grevatt
28 April 2010
Increasing pressure on the Japanese government to allow domestic defence industries to participate in international collaboration programmes is prompting the Japanese Ministry of Defence into reviewing the country's military export ban, Jane's has learnt.
An MoD spokeswoman told Jane's on 26 April that the MoD was "paying close attention" to the discussions of a panel of defence and industry officials set up in February to draw up a series of defence policy recommendations - including ones related to the long-standing Three Principles policy, which bans nearly all defence exports.
The spokeswoman said: "The MoD is aware of the fact that the Japanese defence industry has such an opinion that the Three Principles should be revised.
"The Japanese defence industry is expressing concerns that Japan might be left behind in global technological levels if Japanese contractors cannot participate in international co-development programmes while other advanced countries proceed with such programmes."
The spokeswoman said that the panel of officials, which is known as the Council on Security and Defence Capabilities for a New Era, will submit its recommendations to government before the end of 2010 for inclusion in Japan's National Defence Programme Guidelines.
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28 April 2010
Increasing pressure on the Japanese government to allow domestic defence industries to participate in international collaboration programmes is prompting the Japanese Ministry of Defence into reviewing the country's military export ban, Jane's has learnt.
An MoD spokeswoman told Jane's on 26 April that the MoD was "paying close attention" to the discussions of a panel of defence and industry officials set up in February to draw up a series of defence policy recommendations - including ones related to the long-standing Three Principles policy, which bans nearly all defence exports.
The spokeswoman said: "The MoD is aware of the fact that the Japanese defence industry has such an opinion that the Three Principles should be revised.
"The Japanese defence industry is expressing concerns that Japan might be left behind in global technological levels if Japanese contractors cannot participate in international co-development programmes while other advanced countries proceed with such programmes."
The spokeswoman said that the panel of officials, which is known as the Council on Security and Defence Capabilities for a New Era, will submit its recommendations to government before the end of 2010 for inclusion in Japan's National Defence Programme Guidelines.
191 of 589 words
Copyright © IHS (Global) Limited, 2010