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Legia Warsaw vs Slask Wroclaw

Artur Jedrzejczyk, Steve Kapuadi during PKO Ekstraklasa match Legia Warsaw vs Slask Wroclaw in Warsaw Poland on 2 March 2025. (Photo by Foto Olimpik/NurPhoto)

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JGSDF Col. speaks about S. Sudan PKO

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Col. Kenichi Igawa speaks about the peace keeping operation in South Sudan during a press conference at GSDF's Camp Senzo in Itami, Hyogo Prefecture, on June 21, 2014, after returning from the 6-month deployment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.

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Send-off ceremony for GSDF troops before S. Sudan PKO

KUSHIRO, Japan - A send-off ceremony for Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops is held at a GSDF camp in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on May 20, 2014, before their dispatch to South Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping operations.

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Japanese troops set up PKO base in E. Timor

SUAI, East Timor - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops work to set up their base for U.N. peacekeeping operations in Suai, East Timor, on March 28. The Japanese contingent is scheduled to take over operations from a Pakistani team in mid-April.

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43-member GSDF advance team departs for PKO in E. Timor

CHITOSE, Japan - An official of the 41-member Ground Self-Defense Force's advance team talks with his family at New Chitose Aiport in Chitose, Hokaido, on March 18 before departing from the airport to East Timor to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping operation. The advance team is expected to arrive in East Timor's capital Dili on March 20, and to join a separate advance team of some 50 GSDF members already at work in East Timor.

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Japanese advance team for E. Timor PKO arrives

DILI, East Timor - An advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) arrives in East Timor on March 4 to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

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GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Sergio Vieira de Mello (L), chief of the United Nations mission in East Timor, shakes hands with Col. Shoichi Ogawa, commander of the first Japanese Engineering Group in East Timor, at the U.N. mission's office in Dili on March 4. The 24-member advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Dili to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

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Lower house panel approves bill on larger PKO role for SDF

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani (L) and Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka chat after the House of Representatives Security Committee approved a bill Nov. 29 to expand the scope of participation by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) in U.N. peacekeeping operations (PKO).

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Lower house begins discussing bill on larger PKO role for SDF

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani introduces a bill aimed at expanding the scope of Self-Defense Forces participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations and easing restrictions on the use of weapons on such missions at a House of Representatives plenary session Nov. 22, 2001.

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LDP's Kato calls for review of Japan's PKO activities

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a candidate in the Sept. 21 presidential race for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, says Sept. 16 that Japan should reconsider the conditions for allowing its forces to participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations. He made the statement at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan.

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Lower house begins discussing bill on larger PKO role for SDF

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Gen Nakatani introduces a bill aimed at expanding the scope of Self-Defense Forces participation in U.N. peacekeeping operations and easing restrictions on the use of weapons on such missions at a House of Representatives plenary session Nov. 22, 2001.

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43-member GSDF advance team departs for PKO in E. Timor

CHITOSE, Japan - An official of the 41-member Ground Self-Defense Force's advance team talks with his family at New Chitose Aiport in Chitose, Hokaido, on March 18 before departing from the airport to East Timor to take part in a U.N. peacekeeping operation. The advance team is expected to arrive in East Timor's capital Dili on March 20, and to join a separate advance team of some 50 GSDF members already at work in East Timor.

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Japanese troops set up PKO base in E. Timor

SUAI, East Timor - Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops work to set up their base for U.N. peacekeeping operations in Suai, East Timor, on March 28. The Japanese contingent is scheduled to take over operations from a Pakistani team in mid-April.

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PKO Bill Passed - House of Representatives

The United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) Cooperation Bill, which includes the deployment of the Self-Defense Forces overseas, has been submitted to a plenary session of the House of Representatives. The PKO cooperation bill, which includes the deployment of the Self-Defense Forces overseas, was submitted to a plenary session of the House of Representatives. The date of filming is unknown, and the date of release is July 1, 1992.

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Encourages peacekeepers - Prime Minister's Office

Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa invites to the Prime Minister's residence the members of the troops to be dispatched to Angola and Cambodia for peacekeeping operations (PKO). Prime Minister Miyazawa invites members of the military to the Prime Minister's Office for a PKO (peacekeeping operation) in Angola and Cambodia and gives them a pep talk. .

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Anti-PKO Rally-2

Anti-PKO (Peace Keeping Operation) Rally Takako DOI, the leader of Japanese Socialist Party protests PKO (Peace Keeping Operation), whci allows Japanese Self Defense Force to operate abroad. (January 19, 1991 in front of Yuraku-cho station, in Tokyo)

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Anti-PKO Demonstration

Anti-PKO Demonstration - Japanese Socialist Party leader Takako Doi (4th from right, front) leads the demonstration against PKO (Peace Keeping Operation) which allows Japanese Self-Defense Force to operate abroad. (October 26, 1990, Meiji Park, Shinjyuku, Tokyo)

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Anti-PKO Rally-1 Anti-PKO Rally -1

Anti-PKO (Peace Keeping Operation) Rally Takako DOI, the leader of Japanese Socialist Party protests PKO (Peace Keeping Operation), whci allows Japanese Self Defense Force to operate abroad. (January 19, 1991 in front of Yuraku-cho station, in Tokyo)

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GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Sergio Vieira de Mello (L), chief of the United Nations mission in East Timor, shakes hands with Col. Shoichi Ogawa, commander of the first Japanese Engineering Group in East Timor, at the U.N. mission's office in Dili on March 4. The 24-member advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Dili to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

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LDP's Kato calls for review of Japan's PKO activities

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a candidate in the Sept. 21 presidential race for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, says Sept. 16 that Japan should reconsider the conditions for allowing its forces to participate in U.N. peacekeeping operations. He made the statement at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan.

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Japanese advance team for E. Timor PKO arrives

DILI, East Timor - An advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) arrives in East Timor on March 4 to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

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Nigerian U.N. PKO in Mali

U.N. peacekeepers from Nigeria conduct a night patrol in central Timbuktu, Mali, on Oct. 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bangladeshi U.N. PKO in Mali

A U.N. peacekeeper from Bangladesh waves to a local resident from an armored vehicle in Gao, Mali, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bangladeshi U.N. PKO in Mali

U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh ask locals about the security situation during a patrol in Gao, Mali, on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bangladeshi U.N. PKO in Mali

U.N. peacekeepers from Bangladesh in armored vehicles patrol on a street in Gao, Mali, in a morning glow on Nov. 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe gives address to those engaged in PKO

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada review an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on May 30, 2017, prior to a ceremony to complete a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by the Ground Self-Defense Force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe gives address to those engaged in PKO

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Defense Minister Tomomi Inada (L) review an honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on May 30, 2017, prior to a ceremony to complete a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by the Ground Self-Defense Force. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe gives address to those engaged in PKO

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing) gives an address to the Ground Self-Defense Force personnel who joined a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on May 30, 2017, after the last GSDF contingent returned home on May 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's GSDF involved in PKO in Juba

Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel work to set up safety shields at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 16, 2016. Refugee camp is seen in the back. The Japanese government has decided to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's GSDF involved in PKO in Juba

A child in a refugee camp watches Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force personnel working at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 16, 2016. The Japanese government has decided to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan prepares to send GSDF unit on PKO mission

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada meets with reporters after inspecting a Ground Self-Defense Force training exercise in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate on Oct. 23, 2016, prior to the dispatch of a GSDF unit to South Sudan in November under a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan prepares to send GFSD unit on PKO mission

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada give instructions at a Ground Self-Defense Force training ground in the northeastern prefecture of Iwate on Oct. 23, 2016, before the dispatch of a GSDF unit to South Sudan in November under a U.N. peacekeeping mission. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo