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Asahi: Refueling bill

A highly divisive bill to resume the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s refueling mission in the Indian Ocean was approved Monday by the special Lower House committee on anti-terrorism measures. After being passed by a plenary session of the Lower House on Tuesday, the bill will face debate in the opposition-controlled Upper House.

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