The Japanese judiciary turned down for the second time a lawsuit seeking to pull troops from Iraq on the grounds that the historic mission violates the pacifist constitution. The Nagoya District Court in central Japan turned down the lawsuit by 3,200 lawyers and residents who said the deployment was not in line with the constitution, which bars Japan from maintaining a military. Judge Keiichi Uchida said the lawsuit had no legal basis. The Iraq mission "does not involve any specific duties for the plaintiffs who are not members of the Self-Defence Force," Judge Uchida said, as quoted by Jiji Press. A court in western Kofu district rejected a similar suit in October for the same reason. The plaintiffs in the latest case had sought an immediate end to the mission, saying that it violated the constitution and demanded compensation for mental anguish.