Koike wants mission to back Afghan antiterror campaign extended

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike speaks in a group interview with Kyodo News and several other Japanese news organizations at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 11. Koike expressed the desire to extend the Maritime Self-Defense Force's mission to refuel U.S.-led coalition forces in the Indian Ocean in support of the antiterrorism campaign in Afghanistan beyond the current expiration date of Nov. 1.

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