Tokyo is considering sending Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel to the headquarters of the international security mission in Afghanistan as a way of aiding the war-torn… ...full story at Japan Today
from Japan Today on Wed, Nov 04 2009
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| 26 Apr 08 |
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The Last Mission »
YouTube video Four days AFTER the second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki; American airmen are flying the last and longest bombing mission of the war. In Tokyo, a fanatical group of Japanese officers stage a daring coup d'etat in an effort to prolong the war. |
| 18 Jul 08 |
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National › Japan forgoes sending SDF to Afghanistan due to worsening security » Japan Today Japan has withdrawn an idea of dispatching the Self-Defense Forces to Afghanistan to help its reconstruction efforts due mainly to the deteriorating security situation there,… |
| 22 Oct 08 |
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World › 9 Afghan soldiers die in 'friendly fire' incident involving int'l forces » Japan Today Nine Afghan army soldiers were killed and three wounded Wednesday when U.S.-led international forces mistakenly bombed them in southeastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said.… |
| 09 Jun 08 |
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Team off to assess SDF Afghan role » Japan Times A team of government officials has left for Afghanistan to explore the possibility of sending the Self-Defense Forces there on an assistance mission, sources said Monday. The team, comprising officials of the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Ministry as... |
| 09 Jun 08 |
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National › Japan sends research team to Afghanistan for SDF mission » Japan Today A team of Japanese government officials left for Afghanistan on Sunday to explore the possibility of Self-Defense Force troops conducting an assistance mission there, government… |
| 25 Sep 08 |
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World › Pakistan fires on helicopters of int'l forces along Afghan border » Japan Today Helicopters of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan were fired on by the Pakistan military Thursday while flying along the Afghan border, the… |
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