MSDF's mission to be terminated if DPJ wins power: Hatoyama

MSDF's mission to be terminated if DPJ wins power: Hatoyama

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan leader Yukio Hatoyama stumps in Kumamoto on July 29 ahead of the Aug. 30 general election. Responding to reporters in Kumamoto Prefecture, Hatoyama said the main opposition party will terminate the antiterrorism refueling mission by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Indian Ocean in January, when the law for the mission expires, if it wins power in the general election.

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