Koizumi says resolution on defense could be option

Koizumi says resolution on defense could be option

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi anwers opposition questions in a House of Representatives Budget Committee session May 15. The premier said that although he would prefer to revise the Constitution to clarify Japan's right to collective self-defense, another option would be to pass a Diet resolution allowing Tokyo to exercise that right.

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