Last GSDF troops return to Japan after Iraq mission

Last GSDF troops return to Japan after Iraq mission

TOKYO, Japan - Col. Toshihiro Yamanaka, head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force contingent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda airport on July 25 after returning from Kuwait. (Pool photo)

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