GSDF held on to S. Sudan peacekeeping activity logs: source

GSDF held on to S. Sudan peacekeeping activity logs: source

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (C) heads to a meeting of the House of Representatives committee on national security in Tokyo on March 16, 2017. Records that might throw light on conditions faced by Japanese peacekeepers in South Sudan were kept by the Ground Self-Defense Force, a source close to the matter said the same day, contradicting a claim by the defense ministry that they had been destroyed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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