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BEIJING, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) Japan’s Kyodo News, Japanese government sources, according to several 21 revealed that the Japanese government has basically decided to send troops at any time against piracy off the coast of Somalia and other principles of the new bill, the bill would protect foreign naval escort vessels close to the case of limited time with each other. Not self-defense forces of foreign vessels in waters around frigate was attacked by pirates, the SDF will not go to the rescue. In addition, policy measures will be located in the pirate part of police activities, in principle, the use of weapons is limited to self-defense and emergency evacuation, use of weapons will not significantly relax the restrictions.

reported that Japan’s current operations in maritime guard (1) has nothing to do with Japan’s foreign vessels are not within the scope of protection; (2) damage caused by the other’s attack is limited to self-defense and emergency evacuation requirements. Japan’s defense ministry to negotiate a new bill to lift these restrictions. However, based on the Japanese Constitution, Article IX limits the use of weapons outside the cabinet in the legal bureau is still cautious, so the new bill with the current activities of maritime guard action to limit the use of weapons and will not be much different. New bill will be meeting in early March after a decision by the cabinet submitted to Congress for consideration.

According to relevant sources, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force will not take the initiative to protect the foreign vessels, and only relevant in the protection of the Japanese fleet in foreign ships, or just hit the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ships under foreign attack of pirates , the only protection against foreign vessels.

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada will be after March 10 under the “Self-Defense Forces Law” guard action to issue commands at sea, only to send naval frigate to waters off Somalia.

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