Japan's Diet Extends Law On Refueling Anti-Terror Warships In …
December 12, 2008 11:57 p.m. EST
Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Japanese tankers will continue to refuel and provide water to U.S. Navy ships patrolling the Indian Ocean for another year after the country’s parliament enacted Friday a controversial anti-terrorism law.
The Diet’s lower house, controlled by conservative Prime Minister Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party, overrode an earlier junking of the refueling bill by the opposition-dominated upper Read the rest of this entry »