September 8, 1992 (Renshen August 12) and Japan after World War II to the troops overseas for the first time. first batch of peacekeeping forces in Japan



arrived the Phnom Penh tasks

1992 Hibiya Park in Tokyo, tens of thousands of people rally demanded the immediate suspension of sending troops bill. ,
1992 6, 9, 15, the Senate and the House of the Japanese Diet passed a bill "to assist the United Nations in peacekeeping activities." Act during the period under review, headed by the Liberal Democratic Party, the party with the Socialist Party and other the sharp opposition party headed Congress fierce struggle, protests outside the Capitol constantly.
September 1992 cabinet meeting, the Japanese government adopted in Cambodia, Angola to participate in United Nations peacekeeping activities of the implementation plan and the relevant decree. According to this plan, by the end of October next year, Japan will continue to be sent to the Cambodian Self-Defense Force and police officers 1811. October 10, dispatched to Angola 3 elections to guard. This is the "World War II" after the first in Japan to send troops to foreign.