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"Children Who Join the Self-Defense Forces Face Financial Hardship," Said Chika Koga of the Constitutional Democratic Party, a Former Member of the Japan Teachers' Union. Koizumi Responded, "That Shows a Lack of consideration."
On the 15th, Constitutional Democratic Party Upper House member Chikage Koga stated in the Upper House Budget Committee that "children who join the Self-Defense Forces face financial hardship. Children from wealthy families do not become SDF officers." Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi protested, calling the statement "lacking in consideration." Koga has spoken to elementary and junior high school teachers in Fukuoka Prefecture and members of th…
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On the 15th, Constitutional Democratic Party Upper House member Chikage Koga stated in the Upper House Budget Committee that "children who join the Self-Defense Forces face financial hardship. Children from wealthy families do not become SDF officers." Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi protested, calling the statement "lacking in consideration." Koga has spoken to elementary and junior high school teachers in Fukuoka Prefecture and members of th…