Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda failed Tuesday to persuade opposition leader Ichiro Ozawa to agree on a new antiterrorism bill to enable the Maritime Self-Defense Force to continue refueling multinational naval ships in the Indian Ocean.</PARAGRAPH>
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<TD><FONT SIZE='1'><B>The Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel Tokiwa –
supplies fuel to a Pakistani destroyer in the
Indian Ocean on Monday. It was the last refueling Japan will perform under the antiterrorism law that
expires Thursday.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE/KYODO
The two did agree, however, to hold another closed meeting this week, probably Friday.
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