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(1)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), commander of Japanese noncombat troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, puts a folded-paper hat on a child's head as he visits an elementary school in the neighboring city of Khidr on March 18 to donate stationery to pupils.

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(5)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Pupils at an elementary school in the southern Iraqi city of Khidr are given folding paper by Japan on March 18 while Japanese noncombat troops keep watch (back). Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, visited Khidr to donate stationery to pupils.

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(3)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Iraqi police stand guard around an elementary school in the southern Iraqi city of Khidr on March 18 where Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of Japanese noncombat troops stationed in Samawah, southern Iraq, visited to donate stationery to pupils.

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(2)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (R), commander of Japanese noncombat troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, visits an elementary school in the neighboring city of Khidr on March 18 to donate stationery to pupils.

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Commander Bansho meets the press

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense noncombat troops stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, speaks at a news conference at the camp of the troops on March 17.

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Japan gives medical equipment to Iraqi hospital

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (2nd from L), chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GDSF) noncombat unit stationed in Samawah shakes hands with a Muthana provincial government official on March 14 after delivered 36 million yen worth of medical equipment to a maternity hospital in the city as part of Japan's aid-in-grant program to Iraq.

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(1)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force core unit in Iraq, shakes hands with Muthana Gov. Mohammed Ali Hassan in a ceremony to provide Muthana Province with water trucks (far back) in Samawah on March 10.

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(2)Japanese ground troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force contingent on a humanitarian mission in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, talks by satellite television phone with Japanese Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on March 4.

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Japanese core troop unit arrives in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (R), head of a core unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombat troops, shakes hands with Col. Masahisa Sato, head of an advance team of group troops, on arrival in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah from Kuwait on Feb. 27.

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(2)Japanese core troop unit arrives in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho leads a core unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force noncombat troops as they arrive at their temporary camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah from Kuwait on Feb. 27.

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(4) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), speaks to reporters before leaving the U.S. base in western Kuwait for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27.

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(1)Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), shakes hands with each of American soldiers at the U.S. military base near the Iraqi border before proceeding to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27.

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(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission.

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(4)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Led by Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit, proceed toward a government plane before their departure from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido for Kuwait on Feb. 21 en route to southern Iraq, where they will join other GSDF troops on a humanitarian mission to help rebuild the war-torn country.

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(5)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit, salutes to well-wishers aboard a government plane prior to departure for Kuwait from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido on Feb. 21 en route to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.

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(2)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - File photo shows Col. Koichiro Bansho, who will head the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) nonbombat troops to be sent to Iraq to assist in the country's postwar reconstruction.

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(5)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit to be sent to Iraq sit in rows to watch the colors handed to their leader Col. Koichiro Bansho in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, on Feb. 1.

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(6)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Col. Koichiro Bansho, who heads the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombant troops to be sent to Iraq, speaks to reporters after receiving the colors from Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa on Feb. 1.

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(5)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (C) hands the colors to Col. Koichiro Bansho, head of the core unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombat troops to be sent to Iraq, in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, on Feb. 1, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (seated to the left) watches. (Pool photo)

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(5)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (C) hands the colors to Col. Koichiro Bansho, head of the core unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombat troops to be sent to Iraq, in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, on Feb. 1, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (seated to the left) watches. (Pool photo)

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(1)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (L) presents the colors to Col. Koichiro Bansho, head of the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) nonbombat troops to take part in Iraq's reconstruction, in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa on Feb. 2. The first batch of the 550-strong unit is due to leave for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 3.

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(2)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - File photo shows Col. Koichiro Bansho, who will head the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) nonbombat troops to be sent to Iraq to assist in the country's postwar reconstruction. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (R), commander of Japanese noncombat troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, visits an elementary school in the neighboring city of Khidr on March 18 to donate stationery to pupils. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japanese ground troops in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force contingent on a humanitarian mission in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, talks by satellite television phone with Japanese Defense Agency chief Shigeru Ishiba in Tokyo on March 4. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japanese core troop unit arrives in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho leads a core unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force noncombat troops as they arrive at their temporary camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah from Kuwait on Feb. 27. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan provides Iraq with water trucks

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force core unit in Iraq, shakes hands with Muthana Gov. Mohammed Ali Hassan in a ceremony to provide Muthana Province with water trucks (far back) in Samawah on March 10. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (C), commander of Japanese noncombat troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, puts a folded-paper hat on a child's head as he visits an elementary school in the neighboring city of Khidr on March 18 to donate stationery to pupils. (Kyodo)

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(1)Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), shakes hands with each of American soldiers at the U.S. military base near the Iraqi border before proceeding to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27. (Kyodo)

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(1)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (L) presents the colors to Col. Koichiro Bansho, head of the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) nonbombat troops to take part in Iraq's reconstruction, in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa on Feb. 2. The first batch of the 550-strong unit is due to leave for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 3. (Kyodo)

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(5)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Pupils at an elementary school in the southern Iraqi city of Khidr are given folding paper by Japan on March 18 while Japanese noncombat troops keep watch (back). Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, visited Khidr to donate stationery to pupils. (Kyodo)

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(3)Japan donates stationery to Iraqi school

KHIDR, Iraq - Iraqi police stand guard around an elementary school in the southern Iraqi city of Khidr on March 18 where Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of Japanese noncombat troops stationed in Samawah, southern Iraq, visited to donate stationery to pupils. (Kyodo)

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Commander Bansho meets the press

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho, commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense noncombat troops stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, speaks at a news conference at the camp of the troops on March 17. (Kyodo)

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Japan gives medical equipment to Iraqi hospital

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (2nd from L), chief of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GDSF) noncombat unit stationed in Samawah shakes hands with a Muthana provincial government official on March 14 after delivered 36 million yen worth of medical equipment to a maternity hospital in the city as part of Japan's aid-in-grant program to Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Bansho interviewed by Iraqi media

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (2nd from R), commander of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force team of noncombat troops stationed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, is interviewed by members of the local media on March 11. Bansho said his team will do its utmost to help cut the city's high unemployment rate. (Kyodo)

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Japanese core troop unit arrives in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Koichiro Bansho (R), head of a core unit of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombat troops, shakes hands with Col. Masahisa Sato, head of an advance team of group troops, on arrival in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah from Kuwait on Feb. 27. (Kyodo)

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(4) Japanese troop unit enters Iraq from Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L fore), head of a contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF), speaks to reporters before leaving the U.S. base in western Kuwait for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 27. (Kyodo)

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(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuw

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission. (Kyodo)

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(5)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit, salutes to well-wishers aboard a government plane prior to departure for Kuwait from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido on Feb. 21 en route to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo)

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(4)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Led by Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit, proceed toward a government plane before their departure from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido for Kuwait on Feb. 21 en route to southern Iraq, where they will join other GSDF troops on a humanitarian mission to help rebuild the war-torn country. (Kyodo)

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(6)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Col. Koichiro Bansho, who heads the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) noncombant troops to be sent to Iraq, speaks to reporters after receiving the colors from Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)

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(5)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit to be sent to Iraq sit in rows to watch the colors handed to their leader Col. Koichiro Bansho in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa, central Hokkaido, on Feb. 1. (Kyodo)