GSDF troops ride subway to Tokyo disaster-relief drills

GSDF troops ride subway to Tokyo disaster-relief drills

TOKYO, Japan - Camouflaged Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops ride an Ooedo Line subway Sept. 3 to join rescue exercises in the largest-ever disaster-relief drills in the Tokyo metropolitan area. The massive military participation in the latest annual earthquake-preparation drills -- 7,100 Self-Defense Forces personnel -- was criticized by Japanese who are wary of resurgent militarism.

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