This week the chief cabinet secretary, Yasuhisa Shiozaki, suggested that the government would reconsider a 2003 ruling preventing missile defences from protecting another country.

• 内阁官房长官盐崎恭久本周暗示，日本政府将重新考虑2003年做出的禁止导弹防御系统协防另一个国家的决定。