Japan gives medical equipment to Iraqi hospital

Japan gives medical equipment to Iraqi hospital

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (2nd from L), chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GDSF) noncombat unit stationed in Samawah shakes hands with a Muthana provincial government official on March 14 after delivered 36 million yen worth of medical equipment to a maternity hospital in the city as part of Japan's aid-in-grant program to Iraq. (Kyodo)

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