Japan discusses collective self-defense

Japan discusses collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at the outset of a session of a panel of experts at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2013. After a seven-month hiatus, the panel resumed discussions on whether to lift a self-imposed ban on exercising the right of collective self-defense in the face of security threats posed by China's maritime assertiveness and North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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