Lower house endorses SDF deployment to Indian Ocean

Lower house endorses SDF deployment to Indian Ocean

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives on Nov. 27 endorses the government's decision, under a new antiterrorism law, to dispatch the Self-Defense Forces overseas to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan. Under the law, enacted Oct. 29, the Diet has the power to rescind the government's deployment order and recall the warships already dispatched.

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