J-Boeing 767 tanker $105 million each. Cha-ching!

[Taro Toporific]

The rest-of-the-story here is that these are tanker transports because Japanese can't offensively fly over North Korea without in-flight refueling. Look out Lil' Kim!
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Japan Agreement ... Boeing
...signed an agreement with Japan to deliver the first of four tanker transports. The plane is a military derivative of the Boeing 767-200-ER, which has a list price of about $105 million.
KOMO TV /Seatle. April 4, 2003

[Taro Toporific]

The rest-of-the-story here is that these are tanker transports because Japanese can't offensively fly over North Korea without in-flight refueling. Look out Lil' Kim!

Japan to sharpen mid-air refueling tactics with U.S.
While constitution mandates defensive posture, Tokyo exercise could hone offensive capabilities
2003-04-11 / Reuters /
...the first of four Boeing tanker planes of its own early in 2007, which will enable it to stretch the boundaries of its pacifist constitution by projecting force beyond its own borders.
"We are not so familiar with such activities, so the Air Self-defense Forces need to become accustomed to these things," said Morio Ito, director of the public information division at the defense Ministry. Air Self-defense Forces