A Liberal Democratic Party project team plans to call on the Abe administration to set up a new body to expand Japan’s ability to gather information abroad to combat terrorism, according to LDP sources.
The move comes amid growing concern about terrorism ahead of a Group of Seven summit in Mie Prefecture next May, the Rugby World Cup in 2019 and the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.
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