Japan exploring appropriate defense capabilities after carrier report

File photo taken Oct. 2, 2017, shows Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera. He said on Dec. 26 the government is exploring appropriate defense capabilities following media reports that it is considering possessing an aircraft carrier, which the country does not have under the pacifist postwar Constitution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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