It says the governmentplans to submit a bill to the National Diet which will permit the carriage ofarmed guards on Japanese-flagged vessels.
The Japan Times last week reported that the action wasbeing taken because Japan believed that the presence of armed guards on othervessels off Somalia had led to a sharp fall in piracy.
“If this proposed legislation is approved Japanese shipswill be permitted to employ private security contractors to provide armedguards,” the UK maritime intelligence company said.
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