The government plans to make key amendments to the wording of a bill that dictates how the Self-Defense Forces will deal with a military attack in the hope that it will be enacted during the extraordinary Diet session expected to be held in the fall, informed sources said Saturday.
According to the sources, the amendments would include changes to the definitions of when a military attack "can be anticipated" and when it "is imminent."
The wording, and explanations given by the government as to when the SDF can be mobilized, had been criticized as being too ambiguous during the ordinary Diet session that closed at the end of July.