Japan to Approve Troops for Iraq Next Week -Media
Japan is likely to approve next week a plan allowing the dispatch of some 1,000 military personnel to help rebuild Iraq, domestic media said on Thursday as the bodies of two slain diplomats were set to arrive home.Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made the controversial decision to approve the plan -- which would be Japan's largest overseas military mission since World War II -- after a meeting with Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and other key cabinet ministers on Wednesday, Kyodo news agency and other media said.
When, or if, Japan will dispatch troops to Iraq on their most dangerous overseas mission since 1945 has been unclear since the killing of the two diplomats, but some said the deaths may actually have bolstered Tokyo's resolve to go ahead.
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