Japanese troops arrive in Haiti for post-quake support

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - A total of 34 Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members arrive at Port-au-Prince airport on Feb. 7 as the first batch of some 350 members to engage in the United Nations peacekeeping operations to support quake-devastated Haiti. This is the first time Japan has sent a major SDF unit for U.N. peacekeeping operations in Latin America. (Kyodo)

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