Japan to send chopper unit to flood-hit Pakistan

Japan to send chopper unit to flood-hit Pakistan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (R, standing) addresses a meeting with defense bureaucrats and Self-Defense Force leaders at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2010. Kitazawa ordered the Ground Self-Defense Force the same day to dispatch a helicopter unit to flood-hit Pakistan.

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