Japanese Defence Minister Taro Kono. - AP
TOKYO (AFP): Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multibillion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday (June 25), days after saying the programme had been suspended.
Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore system were to be placed in two regions under the costly and controversial programme.
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