Japan extends Iraq troop mission
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The Japanese cabinet has approved a proposal to keep the country's troops in Iraq for another year.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says Japan won&#39;t yield to terrorism by withdrawing its troops from Iraq, in response to reports an Iraqi group kidnapped a Japanese
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Japan's defense chief said Sunday that Japanese troops should remain in Iraq until the country is properly rehabilitated, possibly until late 2005.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said  Japan will not pull its troops out of Iraq despite threats by a  group led by an al Qaeda ally to behead a Japanese hostage,  Japanese media reported on Wednesday.
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More than half the respondents to a poll say Japan&#39;s government should withdraw its troops from Iraq next month when the mandate for their reconstruction and humanitarian mission expires, the daily Mainichi Shimbun says.
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Britain will arrange security for Japanese troops on an extended non-combat mission in Iraq after the pullout next year of Dutch troops now protecting the Japanese, Tokyo's government spokesman said.
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Japan should withdraw its troops from Samawa in southern Iraq. Newspaper polls have shown that more than. &quot;Reconstruction is still under way, so we must continue the support,&quot; NHK quoted Ohno as saying.
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Japan will extend the presence of its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in Iraq by one year to December 2005,a major newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Japan says its troops in southern Iraq are still in a non-combat zone -- a prerequisite for their deployment -- as a poll shows most Japanese oppose extending their mission beyond next month.
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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.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japan&#39;s ruling party has approved plans to keep its troops in Iraq beyond the original withdrawal date of December 14 this year.
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Japan decided on Thursday to keep its  troops in Iraq for another year, Prime Minister Junichiro  Koizumi said, although most voters want them to come home from  the nation's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Japan has asked the British army to help protect its troops in southern Iraq after Dutch soldiers withdraw from the area in March next year, a Japanese newspaper says.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi&#39;s cabinet agreed on Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan&#39;s 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year, despite
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Envoys from 11 countries including the United States and Pakistan urged Tokyo on Thursday to extend its naval mission in support of U.S.-led operations in Afghanistan, the latest sign of pressure on opposition parties to drop their stance against extending the refueling activities.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi indicated Friday that extending the Self-Defense Forces&#39; mission in Iraq was almost a done deal.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has said Japan will not pull its troops out of Iraq despite threats by a group led by an al Qaeda ally to behead a Japanese hostage, Japanese media reported on Wednesday.