Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

Defense chief encourages GSDF members in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) speaks in the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2012, via videophone with Col. Toru Namatame (R) of the Ground Self-Defense Force deployed in South Sudan. Tanaka encouraged GSDF personnel who arrived in the African nation the previous day to join a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo)

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