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Japan could consider Hormuz minesweeping if ceasefire reached, minister says (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Does Japan get oil from the middle east or something? The other side of the Northern Hemisphere seems like a long way for it.

[โ€“] youcantreadthis@quokk.au 6 points 1 week ago

Japan cleaning up americas dipshit militarism and making one of the few things post ww2 treaties allowed them to build look really good/competent is great pr for girl-nobotsuke-kishi, the current pm. It's good optics. And its just sending a couple boats to do shit nobody would object to at that point.