File photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaking in parliament in Tokyo on March 6, 2026. (Kyodo)

TOKYO - Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Sunday hinted at the possibility of dispatching the country's Self-Defense Forces for minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz, provided that a cease-fire is realized in the conflict between Iran and the United States and Israel.

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