Japan orders pullout of ASDF planes on evacuation mission in S. Sudan

Japan orders pullout of ASDF planes on evacuation mission in S. Sudan

TOKYO, Japan, July 22 Kyodo - Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks to the press in Tokyo on July 22, 2016, after ordering the pullout of three Air Self-Defense Force C-130 cargo aircraft dispatched to Africa to help Japanese nationals evacuate from violence-hit South Sudan. Nakatani said the planes, which were ordered to leave Djibouti the following day, are expected to return to their base in central Japan on July 26.

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