DPJ punishes 28 members for not voting for SDF dispatch

DPJ punishes 28 members for not voting for SDF dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Takahiro Yokomich, vice president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), speaks to the media after he was punished for not following a party decision to endorse the government's dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) overseas under a new antiterrorism law to provide logistical support to the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.

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