Japanese Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Description:
Japan is positioned to deploy its troops overseas for the first
time since World War II. Under a controversial peacekeeping
operations (PKO) bill passed by the Japanese Diet (parliament) on
June 15, 1992, Japan is allowed to dispatch Self-Defense Forces
(SDF) soldiers abroad for noncombat service with United Nations
peacekeeping forces (PKF). [1] The politically sensitive PKO
legislation comes two years after Japan was stung by
international criticism for its failure to send troops to th…
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Date:
August 24, 1992
Creator:
Shinn, Rinn-Sup
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