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Article: Japan's Upper House of Diet approves defense agency upgrade bill
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 15, 2006
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Japan's Upper House of Diet approves defense agency upgrade bill
TOKYO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) -- A bill raised by the Japanese
government to upgrade the Defense Agency into a ministry passed the
House of Councillors, or the Upper House, as expected on Friday, the
scheduled ending day of the extraordinary Diet session.
The bill, the first of its kind by the government, was approved by
the Lower House plenary session on Nov. 30. Under the legislation,
the defense agency will be transformed in January into a ministry
with budgeting and policymaking roles, according to Kyodo News.
Another bill proposes revising a set of laws to upgrade
peacekeeping, disaster relief and other international ...