Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (L in back) hands Col. Yuichi Kajiya (C) the flag of a team of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a ceremony at the Defense Agency before the team leaves for Kuwait to help facilitate the withdrawal of about 600 GSDF troops who have been deployed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for about two-and-a-half years.

Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (L in back) hands Col. Yuichi Kajiya (C) the flag of a team of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a ceremony at the Defense Agency before the team leaves for Kuwait to help facilitate the withdrawal of about 600 GSDF troops who have been deployed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for about two-and-a-half years. (Kyodo)

Yasaka Shrine

Yasaka Shrine

Cabinet number 46 series are from an individual's collection taken in Japan and China. Many photos of the time were sold one at a time or as an album, while an individual's album is rare. They are all coloured with brilliant colours. Shooting location:Yasaka-jinjya(Yasaka-shrine), Kajiya-machi, Nagasaki-city==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number46‐57‐0]

The Sanmon Gate,Sofukuji Temple

The Sanmon Gate,Sofukuji Temple

The Chinese-style gate at Sofukuji, a temple of the Obaku Sect in Kajiya-machi Nagasaki city. It was established by the Chinese priest Chonen in 1635. There are many cultural assets among the buildings of Sofukuji. This gate has also been designated an important cultural asset.==Date:1872, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number21‐29‐0]

The hondo (inner sanctuary),Daikoji Temple,Nagasaki

The hondo (inner sanctuary),Daikoji Temple,Nagasaki

The main hall of Daikoji, a temple of the Jodoshin Sect located in Kajiya-machi, Nagasaki City. It was donated by Totsuji Yosouemon. In the cemetery is the tomb of Motoki Shozo, pioneer of modern printing in Japan. There is a photograph in which Ueno Hikoma poses just like the man in this photograph, taken by F. Beato at the end of the Edo Period (Cabinet No:66-27). It is assumed that Kuichi used the same composition in this photograph taken when he visited Nagasaki in 1872. There are the same photos of colored (Cabinet No:15-28, 66-2) and not-colored (Cabinet No:66-3) in collection too.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:Uchida Kuichi, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number15‐28‐0]