Bills to upgrade Japan's security posture pass upper house panel

Bills to upgrade Japan's security posture pass upper house panel

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors diplomatic and defense affairs committee approves a set of bills to upgrade the Defense Agency to a ministry and make the Self-Defense Forces' overseas missions their main duty at a session on Dec. 14.

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