Japan ruling bloc resumes talks on reworking of security policy

Japan ruling bloc resumes talks on reworking of security policy

Masahiko Komura (R), vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, addresses a meeting of senior lawmakers from the LDP and its ruling partner Komeito party in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2015. They resumed talks on how to give teeth to a landmark Cabinet decision the previous year on reworking the country's security policy under the pacifist Constitution. Next to Komura is Kazuo Kitagawa, deputy chief of the Komeito party. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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