Japan 'can't move ahead' with US missile defence system: PM

Japan "can't move ahead" with a costly US missile defence system, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday, throwing his support behind a decision to suspend deployment of the controversial programme.In a surprise announcement a day earlier, Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono said the deployment of the Aegis Ashore system would be suspended, citing cost and time constraints.Abe's comments appear to suggest the system, which was originally estimated to cost Japan $4.2 billion over three decades, ma