DPJ rejects U.S. request to extend antiterrorism operations

DPJ rejects U.S. request to extend antiterrorism operations

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (L) and Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa shake hands as they meet at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 8. Ozawa rejected a request by Schieffer to extend a law allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces to support U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean.

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