Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

Aso encourages 2 GSDF officers set to join U.N. Sudan mission

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso (R) talks with Maj. Hironobu Tanaka of the Defense Ministry's Ground Staff Office (C) and Maj. Koichi Yamada of the GSDF's Ground Research and Development Command, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 21. Aso encouraged the officers to do their best to help create peace in Sudan during their assignment to a U.N. mission in the war-torn African country.

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