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Saturday, July 25, 2009

Japan to send SDF on antipiracy mission off Somalia

Atago class destroyerJapan will send Self-Defense Forces on the anti-piracy mission off Somalia under a new law that entered into force on Friday.

At a cabinet meeting Friday, the government decided that the legal basis for Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) operations willbe switched from the maritime police action provision of the Self-Defense Force (SDF) Law to the new anti-piracy law, which was enacted on June 19.

The government endorsed anti-piracy operations for the one-year period through July 23, 2010.

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