Japan defense chief underscores new tasks as troops leave for S. Sudan

Japan defense chief underscores new tasks as troops leave for S. Sudan

A group of citizens gather outside JR Aomori Station in the northeastern Japan city of Aomori on Nov. 19, 2016, to oppose the dispatch of Ground Self-Defense Force personnel for a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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