Japan defense chief inspects SDF peacekeeping mission in S. Sudan

Japan defense chief inspects SDF peacekeeping mission in S. Sudan

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) and Ellen Margrethe Loj, the U.N. Mission in the Republic of South Sudan special representative of the secretary general, hold talks in the African nation's capital of Juba on Oct. 8, 2016. Inada plans to assess whether the Self-Defense Forces deployed there on a U.N. peacekeeping operation can be assigned controversial new missions involving heightened risk. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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