Diet authorizes antiterror SDF deployment

Diet authorizes antiterror SDF deployment

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors on Nov. 30 approves by a vote of 191-41 the government's dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces to the Indian Ocean to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan. The House of Representatives gave its support Nov. 27.

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