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Article: Japan's lower house of parliament approves defense agency upgrade bill
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 30, 2006
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Japan's lower house of parliament approves defense agency upgrade
bill
TOKYO, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Lower House of parliament on
Thursday afternoon passed a bill raised by the Japanese government to
upgrade the Defense Agency into a ministry as anticipated with the
force of a majority enjoyed by the ruling coalition of the Liberal
Democratic Party and the New Komeito party, and the main opposition
Democratic Party of Japan.
The bill, the first of its kind by the government, was approved at
a lower house plenary session after clearing the Security Committee
earlier in the day.
Despite opposition from the Social Democratic Party and the
Japanese Communist Party, the proposed legislature ...