Cabinet endorses bill to upgrade Defense Agency to ministry

Cabinet endorses bill to upgrade Defense Agency to ministry

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a press conference after the Cabinet endorsed a bill to revise a set of laws for upgrading the agency to a ministry on June 9.

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