About 100 ground troops returned to Tokyo’s Haneda airport Sunday after finishing a six-month assignment in Iraq, where they were involved in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance.
After arriving at the airport, the Ground Self-Defense Force’s fourth contingent to the city of Samawah was transported to the Defense Agency in Shinjuku Ward where they were reunited with their families.
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