Japan not considering SDF dispatch to Iraq for now

Japan not considering SDF dispatch to Iraq for now

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba speaks in reply to opposition questions at a meeting of the House of Representatives Special Committee on Responses to Armed Attacks on April 18. Ishiba said Japan is currently not considering sending Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to help rebuild war-torn Iraq.

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