Japanese politicians want JSDF to have ability to strike North Korea

Some politicians from Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party want the Japan Self-Defense Force to have the ability to strike North Korea.

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“Japan can’t just wait until it’s destroyed,” Hiroshi Imazu, the head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s security committee and a proponent of the idea, said in an interview. “It’s legally possible for Japan to strike an enemy base that’s launching a missile at us, but we don’t have the equipment or the capability.”