Iraqi ambassador visits quake-hit Niigata

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Ghanim Alwan al-Jumaily (R) meets with Kashiwazaki Mayor Hiroshi Aida during a visit to the earthquake-stricken city of Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture on July 25. Al-Jumaily says he wants to give words of encouragement to members of the Self-Defense Forces, which took part in reconstruction work in southern Iraq for two and a half years until July last year.

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