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I put the following question to Perplexity AI and their answer is below. Perplexity is an AI platform that replaces Google Seach. It provides links (at site) for its answers.

QUESTION:
Has Japan had problems with UAP/UFO sightings (that they believe might be technologies from their adversaries)?
ANSWER:
Based on the provided search results, Japan appears to have experienced a significant number of UAP/UFO sightings, particularly in certain regions like western and southern Japan, around the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as in the Fukushima area. However, there is no clear indication from the search results that Japan believes these sightings are related to adversarial technologies.
Key Points
The Pentagon has revealed a global map of UAP/UFO "hotspots" based on data from 1996-2023, showing Japan as having the highest concentration of sightings, especially in western and southern regions near Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Fukushima.
A Japanese UFO research group called International UFO Lab has analyzed hundreds of reported sightings and identified six cases from locations like Kobe and Fukushima as being highly likely genuine UFOs.
The search results do not explicitly state that Japan suspects these sightings are due to technologies from adversaries. The focus seems to be more on investigating the phenomena as potential extraterrestrial visitations.
While some countries like the U.S. have historically been more secretive about UFO incidents, Japan has recently shifted to a more open policy of visually recording UAP encounters per instructions from the defense minister in 2020.
Aside from the concentration around nuclear sites, other global hotspots mentioned include the southeastern U.S. and an area of the Middle East covering Iraq and Syria, where unexplained UFO incidents have been documented by the U.S. military.
So in summary, while Japan emerges as an unexpected UAP/UFO hotspot according to Pentagon data, there is no evidence provided that Japan views these sightings as potential adversary technologies specifically. The focus seems to be more on studying the phenomena as potentially extraterrestrial in nature.