{
  "id": 5515695,
  "title": "Japan's Koizumi Rules Out Hiring Foreigners for SDF",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/japans-koizumi-rules-out-hiring-foreigners-for-sdf",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T07:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026090400511/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Self-Defense Forces will continue to limit the eligibility for joining them to Japanese nationals and not consider hiring foreigners, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Friday. Koizumi was speaking in response to a proposal from former Defense Ministry and SDF officials to consider hiring foreigners for certain operations, such as base management, to...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}