Japan gov't to seek Cabinet approval on defense policy

Japan gov't to seek Cabinet approval on defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - Senior lawmakers of Japan's New Komeito party -- (from R) Secretary General Yoshihisa Inoue, party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi and deputy chief Kazuo Kitagawa -- attend an in-house meeting on June 30, 2014, in Tokyo to discuss security issues. The government is in the final stages of talks on obtaining Cabinet approval to reinterpret the Constitution to allow Japan to exercise the right to collective self-defense.

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