{"id":45252,"date":"2014-07-18T11:15:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=4f9ce0ac08a66ac5d9438b2f5581be4d"},"modified":"2014-07-18T11:15:17","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T11:15:17","slug":"news-story-uk-defence-secretary-supports-japan-self-defence-stance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=45252","title":{"rendered":"News story: UK defence secretary supports Japan self-defence stance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Following the recent decision by the Japanese government to adopt a right of collective self-defence, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon says he looks forward to the more active role Japan will play in supporting international peace and security. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement he said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The proposed reforms would allow Japan to make a greater contribution to international peace and security, including through the UN Charter right to collective self-defence. We welcome this.<\/p>\n<p>The personnel of the Japanese Self-Defence Forces are among the most professional in the world. They have a strong track record of commitment to peacekeeping and disaster relief operations, often performed in challenging circumstances, and will be able now to contribute even more in these areas.<\/p>\n<p>These reforms are a natural progression in Japan\u2019s efforts to take on more responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, and for helping to ensure the global commons remain open and accessible.<\/p>\n<p>Co-operation between the UK Ministry of Defence and armed forces and the Japanese Self-Defence Forces is good and continues to strengthen. We look forward to co-operating in a wider range of areas in the future, and to Japan\u2019s participation at the upcoming NATO Summit as a valued partner of the alliance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">As these reforms progress, it is important that Japan communicates these changes clearly to its neighbours to avoid misunderstandings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Fallon welcomes Japanese announcement on collective self-defence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}