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JAPANESE warships participating in the international counter-piracy effort off Somalia will be allowed to use force and to protect merchant vessels irrespective of flag, after the country’s parliament voted to overturn pacifist restrictions imposed in the wake of the Second World War, writes David Osler.
David Osler - Monday 22 June 2009
So far, the two Japanese destroyers in the Gulf of Aden have only been able to assist civilian ships if they were either Japanese-registered or carrying Japanese nationals or cargo, Agence France Presse...
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