JCP convention OKs use of SDF

JCP convention OKs use of SDF

ATAMI, Japan - Kazuo Shii, chief of the Secretariat of the Japanese Communist Party, speaks at a convention in Atami, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 24. The party adopted a significant revision to its platform approving the use of the Self-Defense Forces in emergencies in an apparent bid to promote itself a more moderate political party.

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