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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 27, 2017
GSDF completes withdrawal from South Sudan
The last part of the Ground Self-Defense Force unit deployed to volatile South Sudan returns safely to Japan, ending its longest U.N. mission ever.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2017
Beleaguered Inada refuses to step down in face of fresh cover-up allegations
Beleaguered Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to step down despite fresh allegations over the ministry's institutional coverup of daily activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Forces in war-ridden South Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2016
Defense Ministry probes spent round found outside GSDF barracks in Juba
A bullet believed to have been fired from outside a South Sudan barracks for Ground Self-Defense Force troops deployed on a U.N. peacekeeping mission was found in December 2013, a display at a GSDF camp in Kyoto Prefecture has revealed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
SDF may get green light to rescue U.N. peacekeepers under attack
The government may enable Self-Defense Force personnel on U.N. peacekeeping missions to go to the aid of other countries' troops under attack.
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2014
U.N. request for Japan to transport troops, arms in South Sudan nixed
Japan has turned down a U.N. request to transport military personnel and weapons as part of its peacekeeping operations in crisis-hit South Sudan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 27, 2013
South Korea to return ammunition provided by Japan
The South Korean Defense Ministry says ammunition provided by Japan via the U.N. to South Korean troops taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in strife-torn South Sudan will soon be returned.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2013
Abe defends S. Sudan ammo supply
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says Japanu2019s provision of ammunition to U.N. peacekeeping forces in South Sudan is part of his administrationu2019s u201cproactiveu201d contribution to world peace.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2013
SDF duty put on hold; unit starts aiding refugees
Self-Defense Forces members participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan have suspended their infrastructure building work and have started instead to provide support for displaced people seeking refuge from violence at U.N. facilities in the capital, Juba.
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2013
GSDF mission to South Sudan extended for another year
The government said Tuesday it will extend the Ground Self-Defense Force mission in South Sudan as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations by one year after the current term expires Oct. 31.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world