Japanese troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force vehicle heads to a U.N. peacekeeping facility in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 15, 2016. Japan decided the same day to assign SDF personnel a new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations in the conflict-mired African country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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