[...] Ottawa, Ontario, June 17, 2008 -- The Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of Public Safety, today announced that Canada and Japan will be placing border officers at key strategic locations in each other's country by the end of this year. This initiative is aimed at increasing marine security while ensuring the smooth flow of legitimate trade. "Canada's successful approach to container security is based on an improved awareness of what is being shipped into the country and detecting and interdicting threats as early as possible, even before high-risk shipments leave foreign ports," said Minister Day. "Increased cooperation with Japan, which has the second-largest world economy, will help ensure that Canada's border is the last line of defence and not the first." Under [...]