Special advisor to prime minister visits Juba

Masahiko Shibayama (L), special advisor to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, delivers a letter from Abe to South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Juba on Nov. 1, 2016. Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel have been involved in a U.N. mission in South Sudan since 2012 and Tokyo is controversially seeking to expand their role to include duties such as going to the aid of U.N. staff and others under attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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