From the Yomuiri Shimbun: Stable law on SDF dispatch overseas eyed.

     Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Thursday that the government is set to consider establishing a permanent law on the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces overseas.

     Speaking at the House of Representatives special committee on antiterrorism affairs, the government spokesman said the process should start as soon as possible after the Diet completes deliberations on a bill for a new antiterrorism law.

     Machimura also said it would be necessary for ruling and opposition camps to hold regular negotiations on the issue.

     The government has been making preparations for a permanent law on the dispatch of the SDF overseas, and Machimura's remarks made clear that the Fukuda administration intends to start the legislation process.

     This law is so over due that I am almost at a loss for words.  How the Japanese managed this long with thrown together laws authorizing each and every deployment of the SDF I will never know.  The simple reduction in wasted time to respond to a crisis or attack will make the defense of Japan and her interests much easier and effective.  This then is one more small, but important step for Japan to once again becoming a "normal" nation.  This should pass without much dificulty since just about everyone can see and agrees that such a law is needed and needed sooner rather than later.  

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