TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will step up its efforts to build a next-generation missile shield with the United States after cabinet approved on Saturday to move a joint research project to the development stage.
The system is seen as a measure against nuclear-armed North Korea's ballistic missile arsenal, and Tokyo and Washington began studying the project shortly after Pyongyang test-fired a missile over Japan in 1998.
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