(2)SDF to be more efficient, better at anti-terror: Koizumi

(2)SDF to be more efficient, better at anti-terror: Koizumi

NIIZA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi addresses Ground Self-Defense Force troops takin part in at an annual review at the GSDF Asaka training site in Niiza, Saitama Prefecture, on Nov. 7. The premier said that Japan will make the Self-Defense Forces a more streamlined entity and better at combating terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. (Kyodo)

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