Japan to ask recipients to use oil only for antiterror mission

Japan to ask recipients to use oil only for antiterror mission

TOKYO, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera (C) and representatives from the United Nations, Britain, France and Pakistan pose for photos at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 5 after signing documents on Japan's refueling mission in the Indian Ocean.

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