Gratification exchanged over Mt. Ontake search mission

NAGANO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member Koji Tanaka (R) of Camp Matsumoto hands out hand-made brooches to children in the village of Otaki, Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2014, as GSDF members return the favor to students of the Otaki elementary and junior high school who sang songs as a sign of gratification. The GSDF had parked their vehicles at the school's playground during the search mission for missing victims in the Mt. Otake explosion.

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