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Takebe suggests delinquents, potential criminals join SDF in Iraq
Kyodo via Japan Today
TOKYO — LDP Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe indicated Thursday it would be a good idea to send delinquent students and people liable to commit crimes to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah as members of the Self-Defense Forces for three months to correct their behavior.
Commenting on the increase in vicious crimes in Japanese society and delinquency at schools, he said, "I don't think the situation will get better even if we revise the Constitution and the Basic Education Law. It may be a wild view, but people's characters will change for the better in three months if they join the SDF and go to Samawah" for reconstruction work. (Kyodo News)