article_snippet.sent: Japan's defence minister has been forced to assure MPs that Japan has never been invaded by aliens.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking in parliament earlier today, Gen Nakatani promised lawmakers that there had been no alien breach of Japanese airspace, and that no government studies into extra-terrestrials were under way.
article_snippet.sent: Gen Nakatani responded to questions from an MP about potential alien invasions, and assured parliament that Japan has never been invaded by extra-terrestrials .
article_snippet.sent: Gen Nakatani addressed the 'alien question' after an enquiry from one of Japan's more flamboyant MPs - wrestler-turned-politician Antonio Inoki. '
article_snippet.sent: At a meeting Wednesday of the budget committee in Japan's upper house, Inoki had asked if aircraft were dispatched to meet extra-terrestrial visitors and 'whether studies aliens are going on'.
article_snippet.sent: Inoki, founder and former owner of New Japan Pro Wrestling, said Inoki did not know whether or not aliens existed, but Inoki had once seen a mysterious flying object rocket into the air on the horizon and disappear.
article_snippet.sent: Inoki told MPs there has been no violation of Japanese airspace by aliens, and that no government studies into extra-terrestrials were under way .
article_snippet.sent: Wednesday's exchange was not the first official Japanese pronouncement on spacemen and their aircraft.
article_snippet.sent: Then-defence minister Shigeru Ishiba also said that in -defence minister Shigeru Ishiba personal opinion there were 'no grounds' to deny that there are UFOs controlled by alien life-forms.
highlights_snippet.sent: Japan's defence minister forced to answer questions about UFOs .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Gen Nakatani told parliament 'no alien's have violate Japan's airspace'
  Came after MP asked if Japan was carrying out alien studies .