Ex-defense elite raps gov't framework for national security

Ex-defense elite raps gov't framework for national security

Kyoji Yanagisawa, a former senior Defense Ministry official, speaks at a symposium in Tokyo on April 3, 2015, at which he argued that the framework for national security legislation agreed to by the ruling coalition's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito party would endanger the lives of Self-Defense Forces members on duty abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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