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UN continues cross-border aid delivery to Syria

STORY: UN continues cross-border aid delivery to Syria DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General 2. various of the press conference STORYLINE: The United Nations (UN) is continuing its cross-border aid delivery into Northwest Syria in the aftermath of the massive earthquakes, said a UN spokesman on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General "Today, 22 trucks carrying aid from the World Food Programme and the UN Refugee Agency crossed through Bab Al-Hawa crossing. Two additional trucks carrying tents provided by UNHCR crossed the Bab Al-Salam crossing. In Northwest Syria, shelter needs are the top priority among displaced people. Many homes have collapsed in the aftermath of the earthquakes. As of Feb. 14, according to the latest information we received, more than 8,900 buildings have been completely or partially destroyed in nort

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MSDF ship carrying 160 Japanese troops heads for Aceh

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members board the 8,900-ton landing ship Kunisaki at Singapore's Changi naval base on Jan. 22 to head for tsunami-hit Aceh Province on Indonesia's Sumatra Island.

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(2)2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Oosumi, a landing ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), returns to its home port of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 8 after a mission to Kuwait to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day.

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Japanese ship arrives in Kuwait with supplies for Iraq mission

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Armored vehicles are driven out of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at a southern Kuwaiti port on March 15 after the 8,900-ton ship arrived there to deliver vehicles and other supplies for Japanese ground troops stationed in Iraq on a humanitarian mission.

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(3)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi is berthed at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.

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(1)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi arrives at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.

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(4)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - People opposed to Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel to Iraq stage a protest rally at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18 as the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi (in the rear) enters the port. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq.

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(7)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Oosumi leaves Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq.

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(6)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Civic group members demonstrate against the dispatch of the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ship Oosumi to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14.

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(1)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Relatives of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) members visit Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to see them off before the 8,900-ton MSDF transport ship Oosumi leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. The vessel will pick up vehicles and equipment in Hokkaido before heading to Kuwait.

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(5)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Yasuhiro Mukuo (L) and Capt. Hiroji Sakaue meet the press on the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 before the ship leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. Mukuo will oversee the transport operation and Sakaue will command the ship.

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GSDF troops leave for E. Timor

MURORAN, Japan - Forty-seven Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) personnel prepare to leave Hokkaido's Muroran port March 15 for East Timor aboard the 8,900-ton amphibious force ship Oosumi in the first dispatch of a main unit to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations there.

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GSDF troops leave for E. Timor

MURORAN, Japan - Forty-seven Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) personnel prepare to leave Hokkaido's Muroran port March 15 for East Timor aboard the 8,900-ton amphibious force ship Oosumi in the first dispatch of a main unit to engage in U.N. peacekeeping operations there.

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Tokyo department store to have day of million-yen bargains

A pure-gold lion statue is among 125 items priced at 1 million yen ($8,900) each up for grabs in a one-day sale at the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on March 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo department store to have day of million-yen bargains

A set of rugby training equipment and 25 custom jerseys is among 125 items priced at 1 million yen ($8,900) each up for grabs in a one-day sale at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Nihombashi district on March 1, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Int'l confab for Nepal reconstruction held

Nepalese Prime Minister Sushil Koirala addresses an international meeting on June 25, 2015, in Kathmandu to support the country's reconstruction from a deadly earthquake. Two months have passed since the quake hit Nepal and surrounding areas and killed more than 8,900 people, and Koirala sought the cooperation of the attendants. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF ship carrying 160 Japanese troops heads for Aceh

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members board the 8,900-ton landing ship Kunisaki at Singapore's Changi naval base on Jan. 22 to head for tsunami-hit Aceh Province on Indonesia's Sumatra Island. (Kyodo)

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(2)2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Oosumi, a landing ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), returns to its home port of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 8 after a mission to Kuwait to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(1)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi arrives at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.(Kyodo)

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(1)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Relatives of Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) members visit Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to see them off before the 8,900-ton MSDF transport ship Oosumi leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. The vessel will pick up vehicles and equipment in Hokkaido before heading to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike (R), chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Earlier in the day, Kagoike, the central figure in a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, reiterated during sworn testimony in parliament that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, speaks at a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Earlier in the day, Kagoike, the central figure in a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, reiterated during sworn testimony in parliament that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, smiles during a news conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Earlier in the day, Kagoike, the central figure in a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, reiterated during sworn testimony in parliament that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, holds up a faxed reply he said was from Saeko Tani, a government aide of Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during his sworn testimony at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives in the Diet in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Kagoike, the central figure of a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, repeated his earlier claim that the prime minister donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, holds up a faxed reply he said was from Saeko Tani, a government aide of Akie Abe, the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, during his sworn testimony at the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives in the Diet in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Kagoike, the central figure of a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, repeated his earlier claim that the prime minister donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a regular press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Suga categorically denied a repeated allegation by Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. Kagoike, the central figure of a growing political scandal, made the allegation as a sworn witness in the Diet earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on March 23, 2017, after speaking as a sworn witness at the Budget Committees of the House of Representative and the House of Councillors, respectively. Kaogike, the central figure of a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, repeated his earlier claim that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chief of scandal-hit school repeats Abe donation claim under oath

Yasunori Kagoike, chief of school operator Moritomo Gakuen, speaks as a sworn witness during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee at the Diet in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Kaogike, the central figure of a growing political scandal connected to the prime minister and defense minister, repeated his earlier claim that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School operator head repeats Abe donation claim under oath

A large screen in central Osaka shows Yasunori Kagoike, head of a nationalist school operator at the center of a growing political scandal, giving testimony as a sworn witness at an upper house panel in Tokyo on March 23, 2017. Kagoike repeated his earlier claim that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ($8,900) to the organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day. (Kyodo)

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(3)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi is berthed at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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(4)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - People opposed to Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel to Iraq stage a protest rally at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18 as the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi (in the rear) enters the port. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(1)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi arrives at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait.(Kyodo)

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(4)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - People opposed to Japan's dispatch of Self-Defense Force (SDF) personnel to Iraq stage a protest rally at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18 as the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi (in the rear) enters the port. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(3)MSDF ship set to load supplies for Iraq in Muroran

MURORAN, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi is berthed at Muroran port in Hokkaido on Feb. 18. The 8,900-to ship has been assigned to haul supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops stationed in Iraq. It will pick up light armored vehicles and other equipment before heading to Kuwait. (Kyodo)

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(7)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Oosumi leaves Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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(6)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Civic group members demonstrate against the dispatch of the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ship Oosumi to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14. (Kyodo)

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(5)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Yasuhiro Mukuo (L) and Capt. Hiroji Sakaue meet the press on the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) transport ship Oosumi at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14 before the ship leaves the port to move supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq. Mukuo will oversee the transport operation and Sakaue will command the ship. (Kyodo)