Australia and Japan have rejected a call by U.S. President Donald Trump for warships to be sent to secure the Strait of Hormuz, confirming Monday they do not plan to join military operations in the contested zone.
France and the UK have already ruled out a naval contribution to the region.
Sending its Self-Defense Forces abroad is politically sensitive in officially pacifist Japan, as many voters support the war-renouncing 1947 constitution.
Iran has effectively closed the strait in retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli actions against Tehran.
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