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Tokyo, June 11 (IANS) Japan’s House of Councillors has passed legislation facilitating the concurrent service of national and local public employees as reserve personnel of the Self-Defence Forces (SDF), lowering barriers to their mobilisation in emergency situations, local media reported.The legislation was passed on Wednesday, reports Xinhua news agency, quoting Kyodo News.According to the Act on Special Provisions for Concurrent Employment of National and Local Public Employees to Ensure the …