Komeito, the Liberal Democratic Party’s junior coalition partner, approved Tuesday a draft plan to dispatch Self-Defense Forces personnel to the Middle East, setting the stage for Cabinet approval next week.
The LDP had already endorsed the plan to send a helicopter-carrying destroyer and a P-3C patrol plane to the region, along with around 250 Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel.
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