Japan UNICEF envoy visits West Timor refugee camp

Japan UNICEF envoy visits West Timor refugee camp

KUPANG, Indonesia - Agnes Chan (L), envoy for the Japan Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), chats with a women afraid of returning to East Timor during her visit to a refugee camp in Kupang, West Timor, on June 14. Chan, a Hong Kong-born singer and TV personality based in Japan, made the visit as part of a week-long mission to study the conditions of children stranded in refugee camps in West Timor and in U.N.-ruled East Timor.

Japan's ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

Japan's ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

KUPANG, Indonesia - Personnel of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Nov. 29 handle relief supplies brought to Kupang by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) cargo plane (background) for East Timorese refugees in West Timor. The ASDF on the day started a three-month U.N.-sponsored operation to help East Timorese refugees scattered through West Timor.

ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

KUPANG, Indonesia - Relief supplies are unloaded from Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) cargo planes in Kupang, West Timor, on Nov. 29, beginning a three-month U.N.-sponsored humanitarian operation to help East Timorese refugees scattered throughout West Timor. The ASDF team brought with them more than 10 tons of relief supplies from Indonesia's East Java capital Surabaya -- where the aircraft are based.

Japan UNICEF envoy visits West Timor refugee camp

Japan UNICEF envoy visits West Timor refugee camp

KUPANG, Indonesia - Agnes Chan (L), envoy for the Japan Committee for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), chats with a women afraid of returning to East Timor during her visit to a refugee camp in Kupang, West Timor, on June 14. Chan, a Hong Kong-born singer and TV personality based in Japan, made the visit as part of a week-long mission to study the conditions of children stranded in refugee camps in West Timor and in U.N.-ruled East Timor.

Premier Obuchi thanks SDF mission to E. Timor

Premier Obuchi thanks SDF mission to E. Timor

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) expresses thanks to Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) members on Feb. 15 at his official residence after their mission to airlift relief goods to East Timorese refugess. The ASDF contingent returned home on Feb. 9 after completing the 10-week mission to transport relief goods to refugee camps in Kupang, West Timor, which adjoins East Timor, from Surabaya in Indonesia.

Japan's ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

Japan's ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

KUPANG, Indonesia - Personnel of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees on Nov. 29 handle relief supplies brought to Kupang by a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) cargo plane (background) for East Timorese refugees in West Timor. The ASDF on the day started a three-month U.N.-sponsored operation to help East Timorese refugees scattered through West Timor.

ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

ASDF begins humanitarian operations for E. Timorese

KUPANG, Indonesia - Relief supplies are unloaded from Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) cargo planes in Kupang, West Timor, on Nov. 29, beginning a three-month U.N.-sponsored humanitarian operation to help East Timorese refugees scattered throughout West Timor. The ASDF team brought with them more than 10 tons of relief supplies from Indonesia's East Java capital Surabaya -- where the aircraft are based.