Japan Cabinet to approve legislation for greater SDF role

Japan Cabinet to approve legislation for greater SDF role

Masahiko Komura (R), vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Kazuo Kitagawa, deputy chief of the LDP's junior coalition partner Komeito party, meet with reporters following their talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on May 14, 2015. Komura and Kitagawa are central figures in coordinating the ruling parties' talks on Japan's new national security legislation. The Abe Cabinet will approve it later in the day before submitting it to the Diet on May 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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