Japan Extends Iraq Troop Deployment for a Year
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Japan will keep its troops in Iraq for another year, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said on Thursday, even though most voters want to end what is the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Japan&#39;s armed forces must contribute to global peace to secure safety at home, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Sunday amid signs his government will extend an unpopular military deployment in Iraq.
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The military will extend the combat tours of about 10,400 troops already in Iraq and send an additional 1,500 soldiers.
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The United States welcomed on Thursday Japan&#39;s decision to extend the deployment of its forces in Iraq for an additional 12 months.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet agreed Thursday to extend the deployment of Japan's 600 non-combat troops in Iraq for up to one year despite widespread public opposition and condemnations by political opponents.
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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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TOKYO Dec 9, 2004 - Japan&#39;s Cabinet on Thursday approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year, the trade minister said.
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Parliament in Seoul votes to extend for another year the deployment of South Korean troops in Iraq.
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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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Japanese troops in Iraq don&#39;t face increased danger after Iraq&#39;s interim government yesterday declared a state of emergency to counter attacks by insurgents, said Hiroyuki Hosoda, the Japanese government&#39;s chief spokesman.
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Japan has vowed to keep troops in Iraq despite the beheading of one of its citizens by militants. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s group had said it would killed Shosei Koda, 24, within 48 hours if Japan did not withdraw its troops.
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Japan&#39;s defence chief has signalled that the country&#39;s troops could extend their humanitarian mission to Iraq beyond an initial December 14 deadline, possibly for another year.
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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&#39;s Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono said Sunday Japanese troops may withdraw from Iraq in late 2005. &quot;The mandate for the multinational force (in Iraq) will
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JAPAN&#39;S troop deployment in Iraq beyond December is at risk as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi braces for a wave of public anger over the nightmare ending to the country&#39;s second Baghdad hostage crisis.
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Japan approved an extension of its troop deployment in Iraq Thursday for up to a year, a decision opposed by most voters, who want to end the nation&#39;s riskiest military mission since World War II.
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South Korea's parliament voted Friday to keep troops in Iraq for one more year, a move aimed at cementing the alliance with the United States against North Korea's nuclear ambitions.