Japan resumes Afghan war role
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Government forces through bill extending controversial refuelling mission
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envisioning a bigger role in global military cooperation and a better response to missile attacks. neighbours such as China -- where memories of Japan&#39;s past militarism run deep.
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Afghanistan called on Tuesday for more help to stamp out opium production as donor nations gathered in Tokyo to try to coordinate policy on the struggling nation.
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Japan's prime minister was treated at a hospital for exhaustion Thursday, a day after he announced he would quit amid failure at the ballot box and a political brawl over the country's aid to U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
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The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO-led troops to stay in Afghanistan for another year on Wednesday and gave the Japanese government support in its domestic dispute over refueling U.S. and other ships in the Indian Ocean.
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Japan unveils a new defence policy, including a bigger role in global military cooperation.
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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is girding for a showdown in parliament over naval back-up for U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan, but voters say they would rather he focused on pensions and healthcare.
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Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday he would resign in hope of making it easier to extend a naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan, sending shockwaves through Japan.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and the leader of Japan's main opposition party met on Tuesday but failed to break a stalemate over extending a naval mission supporting U.S.-led Afghan operations.
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Japan has taken another step towards freeing itself from military restrictions in place since the end of World War II. The changes are a significant retreat from the pacifist policies that
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Latest launches put Japan back into Asia's space race
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Afghanistan is set to reestablish its role as a &quot;land bridge&quot; linking much of Asia and drive growth in the four trillion dollar broader regional market, a top US official said.
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by our Internet desk, 24 August 2004. Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says he will press his country&#39;s case for a permanent UN Security Council seat when he addresses the annual session of the General Assembly next month.
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The U.N. Security Council  authorized NATO-led troops to stay in Afghanistan for another  year on Wednesday and gave the Japanese government support in  its domestic dispute over refueling U.S. and other ships in the  Indian Ocean.
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Japan&#39;s defense minister was due to return home on Monday from a flying visit to Iraq after declaring the town of Samawa safe, setting the stage for the government to extend its troops&#39; humanitarian mission there.
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Afghan and NATO troops on Saturday  resumed their efforts to confirm the crash site of an Afghan  passenger plane carrying 104 people after it disappeared off  radar screens, a Presidential Palace official said.
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Japan's defense minister was due to return home on Monday from a flying visit to Iraq after declaring the town of Samawa safe, setting the stage for the government to extend its troops' humanitarian mission there.