KHATMANDU – The advance group of a Self-Defense Forces emergency disaster relief team arrived early Thursday in quake-torn Nepal, where over 5,000 people have died and support has been slow to reach survivors.
Hirohide Nakagawa, part of the 21-member team, said, “My hope is to provide useful support, working closely with relevant organizations and armies of other countries.
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