Japan to maintain troops in Iraq
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Japan has said it will keep its troops in Iraq, despite the beheading of a Japanese hostage by Islamic militants. Officials had earlier confirmed that a body found in Baghdad yesterday was that of Shosei Koda
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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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Japan&#39;s prime minister, a staunch US ally in Iraq, refused on Wednesday to withdraw Japan&#39;s troops from the country, taking a tough stance in the face of demands by militants threatening to behead a Japanese hostage unless the soldiers leave.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Britain had offered to ensure the safety of Japanese troops in southern Iraq after the Dutch soldiers currently protecting the Japanese contingent pull out.
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Japanâs Cabinet today approved a plan to keep Japanese troops in Iraq for another year. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a vocal supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, had argued the dispatch was needed
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TOKYO: Japan has decided to extend by as much as one year the humanitarian work of its troops deployed in Iraq, a program currently scheduled to end in December, news reports said.
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Japan's prime minister, a staunch U.S. ally in Iraq, refused on Wednesday to withdraw Japan's troops from the country, taking a tough stance in the face of demands by militants threatening to behead a Japanese hostage unless the soldiers leave.
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A body resembling a Japanese hostage has been found in Iraq and will be flown to Kuwait or Qatar for identification, officials said on Saturday, after Tokyo refused a demand by his captors to pull out its troops.
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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's riskiest military mission since World War II.
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Japan insisted it would not bow to the demands of Islamic militants in Iraq who have threatened to behead a Japanese man unless Tokyo orders its forces out of the country within 48 hours.
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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 may extend its controversial non-combat troop dispatch to Iraq, a key gesture of support for Washington ahead of a meeting on Tuesday between Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and US President George W. Bush.
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JAPAN may extend its deployment of troops in southern Iraq if the security situation in the country does not change, a top government official said today.
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TOKYO - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi vowed on Sunday that Japanese troops would continue their domestically unpopular mission in Iraq after Islamic militants demanding a pullout killed a 24-year-old Japanese tourist.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Wednesday he won't withdraw troops from Iraq despite information a Japanese man has been taken hostage there, Kyodo News reported.
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Japan may keep troops in Iraq for longer than planned, as it seeks support for a UN Security Council seat.
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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.