22
May 2003 Japan Ready to Strike You
will hear a story about Japan's Self Defence Forces. Listen and put in
the missing words.
The
Japanese Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, has indicated that Japan would
consider a pre-emptive strike against a foreign
threat. It is the strongest position
by a Japanese leader since
War 2.
Japan has a
240,000
Self Defence Force. Mr Koizumi
to rename it and call
an army. He said ‘the SDF
substantially a military. It is
that we cannot call it
.’
Mr Koizumi‘s
position may be in
to a possible threat from
Korea.