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Japan's Iraqi reconstruction aid mission ends with ceremony

KOMAKI, Japan - About 450 members of the Air Self-Defense Force return home to an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, from Kuwait on Feb. 15 after Japan formally ended its five-year reconstruction aid operations in Iraq. The ASDF members had carried out withdrawal-related tasks at a Kuwaiti base from early December after Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada issued an order in late November for the return to Japan of a contingent of airmen who had airlifted goods and personnel for multinational forces and the United Nations to and from Iraq.

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Aso welcomes back ASDF troops from Iraq mission

NAGOYA, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso delivers a speech during a ceremony at the Air Self-Defense Force's base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 24 to mark the homecoming of ASDF troops who had been stationed in Kuwait for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq.

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Last batch of main ASDF troops return home after ending Iraq mission

KOMAKI, Japan - About 140 Air Self-Defense Force troops returning home from Kuwait, where they have been stationed for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq, salute their colleagues at the ASDF's Komaki base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture on Dec. 23.

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Last batch of main ASDF troops return home after ending Iraq mission

KOMAKI, Japan - The last batch of Air Self-Defense Force troops returning home from Kuwait, where they have been stationed for Japan's airlift mission for Iraq, arrive by a government-chartered aircraft on Dec. 23 at the ASDF's Komaki base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture.

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(2)20 ASDF personnel return home from Iraqi mission

KOMAKI, Japan - A C-130 transport plane landed at Air Self-Defense Force's Komaki base near Nagoya April 23 carrying about 20 ASDF personnel who returned home after a three-month mission in Kuwait to help with U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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(1)20 ASDF personnel return home from Iraqi mission

KOMAKI, Japan - A C-130 transport plane is landing at Air Self-Defense Force's Komaki base near Nagoya April 23 carrying about 20 ASDF personnel who returned home after a three-month mission in Kuwait to help with U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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80 ASDF troops return home from Iraq reconstruction mission

NAGOYA, Japan - About 80 Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) personnel are greeted by their families at an ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on April 22 as they return there from a three-month mission in Kuwait to help with U.S.-led reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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Final batch of ASDF replacements leaves for Kuwait

KOMAKI, Japan - A ceremony is held at Komaki air base of the Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) in Aichi Prefecture on April 16 to see off ASDF 72 members before they leave for Kuwait to join Iraqi reconstruction efforts.

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(2)Protesters demonstrate against SDF dispatch to Iraq

KOMAKI, Japan - Citizens protest the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops to Iraq in front of the main gate of the Air Self-Defense Force base at Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 24. A send-off ceremony was held at the base the same day for the first unit of noncombat troop deployment.

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SDF planes return to Japan after Afghan relief mission

KOMAKI, Japan - An unidentified member of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) holds his son and enjoys reunion with his wife at the ASDF base in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 12 on return from a mission to Pakistan to convey relief supplies for Afghan refugees.

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Japan to send transport aircraft for Afghan refugees

KOMAKI, Japan - An Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport aircraft is parked at the ASDF Komaki Base in Aichi Prefecture for media review. In Tokyo, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda announced Oct. 4 that Japan will send the aircraft to Pakistan on Oct. 5 to transport relief supplies to refugees entering the country from neighboring Afghanistan.

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House produced via 3-D printer

Photo taken in the Aichi Prefecture city of Komaki, central Japan, on July 27, 2022, shows a small house produced in a day using a 3-D printer system, carrying a price tag of 3.3 million yen ($24,444) The cube-like concrete house, 3.3 meters in diameter and with a floor space of 9.9 square meters, was produced by Serendix Inc., a start-up firm based in Nishinomiya, western Japan, for use as temporary housing at camping sites and in the event of disasters