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Okinawans begin hunger strike to protest SDF deployment

NAHA, Japan - About 30 Okinawa citizens begin a 32-hour hunger strike in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office Nov. 21 in Naha to protest the dispatch of Japan's Self-Defense Forces to lend noncombat support to the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.

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Tokyo stages disaster preparedness drill with SDF forces

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government officials work with a member of the Self-Defense Forces in a technical disaster drill conducted July 17 to test the city's initial disaster response system. The 32-hour exercise was staged as part of Tokyo's annual disaster-relief drills.

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Tokyo stages disaster preparedness drill with SDF forces

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government officials work with a member of the Self-Defense Forces in a technical disaster drill conducted July 17 to test the city's initial disaster response system. The 32-hour exercise was staged as part of Tokyo's annual disaster-relief drills.