Aso calls for extension of anti-terror mission

Japan's newly installed prime minister says
he'll push for an extension of the country's anti-terror
mission in the Indian Ocean.
Taro Aso said Wednesday the mission was needed not only
for Japan's sake, but to protect the world from terrorism.
The mission was continued this year over an opposition
veto, the Associated Press reported.
Japanese ships refuel ships patrolling the Indian Ocean.
The mission began in 2001 and has been extended repeatedly,
though it was scaled down earlier this year.