SDF team arrives in Tacloban City

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines - A three-member assessment team of Japan's Self-Defense Forces arrives at Tacloban City airport on Leyte Island on Nov. 14, 2013, five days after Typhoon Haiyan devastated islands in the central Philippines.

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