MSDF ship carrying 160 Japanese troops heads for Aceh

MSDF ship carrying 160 Japanese troops heads for Aceh

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members board the 8,900-ton landing ship Kunisaki at Singapore's Changi naval base on Jan. 22 to head for tsunami-hit Aceh Province on Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

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