Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

Another lawsuit filed against SDF dispatch to Iraq

OSAKA, Japan - Writer Makoto Oda (R) and 19 others meet reporters after filing a suit with the Osaka District Court on April 30 claiming Japan's dispatch of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq is unconstitutional. Similar lawsuits have already been filed with the Sapporo, Tokyo and Nagoya district courts. (Kyodo)

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