DPJ rejects U.S. request to extend antiterrorism operations

TOKYO, Japan - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (R) gestures as he meets with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer at the DPJ's headquarters in Tokyo on Aug. 8. Ozawa rejected a request by Schieffer to agree to extending a law allowing Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force to continue refueling operations for U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean beyond its Nov. 1 expiration.

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