Key coalition panel OKs bill for new refueling law

TOKYO, Japan - Taku Yamasaki (standing), head of a joint project team of the Liberal Democratic Party and the New Komeito party on Japan's refueling mission in support of U.S.-led coalition warships in the Indian Ocean, addresses a meeting of the task force in Tokyo on Oct. 16. The ruling coalition panel endorsed a government bill to allow Japan to continue the refueling mission in the face of stiff resistance from opposition parties. (Kyodo)

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