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![Japan Launches New Warship Japan Launches New Warship](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_17-17-18.jpg)
Japan Launches New Warship
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Japanese shipyard has launched a new minesweeper for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
![Could Japan Go Minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz? Could Japan Go Minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-18_13-53-02.jpg)
Could Japan Go Minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz?
By Mina Pollmann
PM Abe's LDP and the Komeito Party debate whether minesweeping operations qualify as collective self-defense.
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