Aso welcomes back ASDF troops from Iraq mission

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 24 to mark the homecoming of ASDF troops who had been stationed in Kuwait for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq.

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