Japan Says Dispatching Ships to Middle East Faces High Hurdles https://ift.tt/DHT7SMz

Any decision to dispatch Japanese military vessels to the Middle East to escort ships would face “high hurdles,” a senior official said, after President Donald Trump expressed hopes that Tokyo would join the US to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe.”

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