# Japan's Self-Defense Forces in Iraq: Motivations, Constraints, and Implications for U.S.-Japan Alliance Cooperation
> **Short Report** · 2004-04-30 · `RS21816`
## Report
- **CRS ID:** RS21816
- **Series:** Short Report
- **Publication date:** 2004-04-30
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