Protest against SDF dispatch to Iraq held in Tokyo

Protest against SDF dispatch to Iraq held in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima (L, front) speaks to about 100 citizens and members of labor organizations who gathered in front of the Diet in Tokyo on Dec. 16 to protest the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq.

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