Koike sends off SDF mission to Golan Heights

Koike sends off SDF mission to Golan Heights

KOBE, Japan - Defense Minister Yuriko Koike (L) hands the contingent's flag to Maj. Yoshifumi Ogura during a sendoff ceremony in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on Aug. 19 for a Self-Defense Force contingent to join the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights. Ogura will command the group for six moths from late August.

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