Japan PM forces navy bill through

[Buraku]

[Greji]

"The J-gov has invoked a rarely-used power to force through a controversial naval bill."

I love the media's selection of words.... "force"...

".....The legislation was immediately returned to the lower house, where the Liberal Democratic Party used its sizeable majority to force it through by 340 votes to 133....."

It passed by 207 votes. That's over 70 percent. One would therefore assume that over 70 percent of the lower house is LDP. Way to force it through!

[Buraku]

BBC, when they ain't got news they make shit up

the got one thing right though, the bill does have a small bite of controversy behind it
http://www.japantoday.com/jp/picture/3254

[Greji]

BBC, when they ain't got news they make shit up

You might also want to add that when they got news, they make shit up.

[Buraku]

(AFP) - Prime Minister Taro Aso said Sunday that Japan must keep backing the US-led "war on terror" and reiterated his support for his country's controversial naval mission off Afghanistan.

"We will continue to proactively engage in international peace activities, such as the war on terror," Aso told Japanese soldiers during a ceremonial review of the air force.

"Many nations, depite having seen casualties, are preparing to increase their engagement with Afghanistan," he said. "It is not a choice for us to withdraw from our ongoing activities."

Japan has provided naval fuel and other logistical support in the Indian Ocean to US-led forces operating in Afghanistan.

The current naval mission is set to expire in January, and Aso is pushing to extend it.

Japan's opposition, which controls the upper house of parliament, forced a temporary halt to the operation last year, arguing the officially pacifist country should not take part in "American wars."

Japan was forced to renounce the right to wage war after its defeat in World War II.