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(1)Japan extends SDF mission to Iraq for 1 year

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi walks into a press conference room in his office on Dec. 9 following a Cabinet decision to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in and around Iraq for a year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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LDP OKs extension of SDF mission

TOKYO, Japan - Fumio Kyuma, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's General Council, speaks at a news conference at the party's head office in Tokyo on Dec. 9. A General Council meeting approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005.

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Koizumi meets Kanzaki on Japan's aid mission in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) meets Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party's coalition partner, the New Komeito party, at his office on Dec. 9 before the Cabinet approved a proposal to extend the Self-Defense Forces' aid mission in Iraq by one year through Dec. 14, 2005.