regime change

BEIJING, July 16 Kyodo Xinhua website reported that the Government of Japan on the 16th Security Consultative Meeting held in the morning and the Cabinet meeting on Maritime Self Defense Force under the "Pirate Game on" in East Africa, Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast to combat piracy task execution time soon 23, due this month, will the one-year extension of time to finalize the activities and activity areas and equipment and provides the content. Thus Maritime Self Defense Force will continue to escort ships and the sea from the high-altitude surveillance aircraft P3C patrol activities.

According to reports, "Pirates Game on" in June 2009 formally adopted. At that time the opposition Democratic Party of Japan is the identity, in order to dispatch the SDF overseas missions must obtain the prior approval of Congress expressed opposition to the ground. However, regime change, due to the Democratic Party to combat piracy off the Somali coast as Europe and the United States in cooperation with an international contribution, which in turn take the agreed approach. Senate elections in the Democratic Party election platform, also written in the "To ensure the safety of maritime transport and to make international contributions, etc. Self-Defense Forces will continue to combat piracy."

Last year in March, Japan's Liberal Democratic, the New Komeito coalition government under the "Self-Defense Forces Law" ordered the implementation of the marine guard, to send the sea from the frigate to Somalia to fight piracy. Last year in July, "Pirates Game on," the official implementation of the activities of sea-based self-guard action from the sea to change the law.

According to "Pirates Game on" requirement, Maritime Self Defense Force convoy targets in Somalia can be extended to foreign vessels has nothing to do with Japan, which guard the operation at sea is no basis. In addition, weapons are also part of the relaxed standard to allow ignoring warning shots in the other case, to continue to keep close to civil ships pirate ship shooting.