SDF members vote by absentee ballot

SENDAI, Japan - Members of the Self-Defense Forces cast absentee ballots in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 5, 2011. The Defense Ministry said the same day several tens of thousands of SDF personnel will vote in nationwide local government elections that month by absentee ballot as they have been deployed in areas severely damaged by the March 11 mega earthquake and ensuing tsunami.

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