GSDF deployed in S. Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping operations

GSDF deployed in S. Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping operations

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel are deployed near Juba, the capital of South Sudan, for U.N. peacekeeping operations on Jan. 9, 2017. They have taken on new roles since December of rescuing U.N. staff and other personnel under attack and playing a bigger part in protecting U.N. peacekeepers' camps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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