KYODO NEWS:

Defense policymakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, on Wednesday, threw their support behind a tentative government plan to build new Aegis ships, as a platform for missile interceptor systems that were previously set to be located on land.

In the closed discussion, the LDP lawmakers concluded that “if we compare all plans, there are no other options than building Aegis ships,” said Taku Otsuka, the head of the team of policymakers, after the meeting…

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