A dispatch of Self-Defense Forces troops to take part in the postwar reconstruction of Iraq would first require a fresh United Nations Security Council resolution, top officials of the ruling coalition parties said Sunday.
The government is considering new legislation that would pave the way for the SDF dispatch.
Speaking on a Sunday morning NHK TV program, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Taku Yamasaki said it would be impossible for Japan to create such a law without a Security Council resolution calling for international efforts to rebuild Iraq following the ongoing U.S.-led attacks.