New Komeito OKs dispatch of advance GSDF team to Iraq

New Komeito OKs dispatch of advance GSDF team to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Secretary General Shinzo Abe (R) and his New Komeito party counterpart Tetsuzo Fuyushiba are in talks in the Diet on Jan. 9. Fuyushiba conveyed his party's consent to the dispatch of an advance team of Japanese ground troops to Iraq.

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