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 on Sunday repeated his vow to keep about 550 troops in Iraq after the government confirmed that the decapitated body found on a street
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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&#39;s defense chief on Sunday said that Japanese troops could remain in Iraq until late 2005, a year longer than their current mandate.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has announced that Japan will not recall soldiers stationed in Iraq because an Iraqi group has threatened to kill a Japanese hostage.
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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 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 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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A Japanese hostage has been beheaded in Iraq, Japanese officials said on Sunday, but Tokyo vowed it would keep its troops in the country on their reconstruction mission.
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Japan may extend its deployment of its non-combat troops in southern Iraq if the security situation in the country does not change, a top government official said Tuesday.
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Japan is to tighten security at its military camp in Iraq after a rocket shell landed inside the facility, the latest sign of a worsening security situation that is fuelling demands in Japan that the troops be pulled out.
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TONY EASTLEY: The Japanese Government says it will continue its mission in Iraq, despite the beheading of one of its citizens. The troop deployment is unpopular in Japan, but surprisingly, the political fallout
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Japan won&#39;t yield to terrorism or withdraw its troops from Iraq, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, in response to reports an Iraqi group kidnapped a Japanese man.
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Japan is preparing to mobilize troops to  deal with wild animals such as boars, bears and monkeys.
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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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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Japanese leaders on Sunday insisted they would not cut short their troopsâ deployment in Iraq despite the discovery of the body of a Japanese backpacker killed by Islamic militants.
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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.