The Abe administration is pushing to substantially expand the scope of Self-Defense Forces’ overseas missions in talks with ruling coalition parties on a package of security legislation designed to implement a decision that his Cabinet made last July. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe repeatedly emphasizes that Japan needs to “be able to respond seamlessly to all possible situations” in providing support for other forces involved in international conflicts. But that could remove key restrictions placed on the SDF’s activities abroad.
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