Noda expresses intention to send SDF unit to S. Sudan

Noda expresses intention to send SDF unit to S. Sudan

OMITAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (front L) and Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (2nd from L) attend an inspection ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2011. Noda indicated at the ceremony that his government will send a Ground Self-Defense Force engineering unit to South Sudan in early 2012 to join U.N. peacekeeping operations.

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