Staff writer
The Self-Defense Forces could play a more active role in international peacekeeping and peace-building, a Canadian parliamentarian said recently in Tokyo.
Alberta Sen. Daniel Hays, chairman of the Canada-Japan Interparliamentary Group, was here from May 31 to June 4 mainly to speak with Diet members on peacekeeping and broader security issues. These talks are part of Hay's fourth annual Diet blitz.
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