(2)MSDF ship carrying Japanese troops arrives off Banda Aceh

(2)MSDF ship carrying Japanese troops arrives off Banda Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - A helicopter is prepared on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Kunisaki on Jan. 24 after it arrived off Banda Aceh, Indonesia, for relief missions in quake and tsunami-hit areas. The ship carried about 170 Japanese troops.

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