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PEACEKEEPING 2

Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2016
Activity logs of GSDF peacekeepers in South Sudan thrown out amid doubt over cease-fire
The daily activity logs compiled by SDF troops in South Sudan were thrown out, which will make it difficult to examine what their U.N. peacekeeping activities entailed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2016
Japan, other nations abstain in U.N. Security Council South Sudan arms embargo vote
The U.N. Security Council failed Friday to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan after Japan and seven other nations abstained despite warnings that the world's newest country is on the verge of possible genocide.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2016
Japan will oppose South Sudan arms embargo, government source says
Japan will oppose a U.S.-backed draft U.N. Security Council resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2016
U.S. presses Japan to back South Sudan arms embargo despite fears of backlash against peacekeepers
Tokyo is under pressure to back a U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose an arms embargo on South Sudan.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Japanese troops settle into heavily secured camp in South Sudan
The Ground Self-Defense personnel who recently arrived in South Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping duty find themselves in a heavily secured and isolated camp far removed from the locals they are here to help.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Japanese peacekeepers take up new role in South Sudan
Japanese troops in South Sudan take on new responsibilities, including the possible rescue of U.N. staff and other personnel under attack.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2016
Japan, Australia aim to expand military logistical support
Japan and Australia will seek to revise a bilateral pact to boost logistics cooperation between their forces, with a signing ceremony expected in late December when the two countries' ministers meet for security talks, a Japanese government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2016
First rescue-ready GSDF troops head to South Sudan
A newly trained contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force troops heads to South Sudan with permission to undertake armed rescues for the first time.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 18, 2016
U.S. proposes U.N. arms embargo and sanctions on South Sudan
The United States circulated on Thursday to the 15-member United Nations Security Council a draft resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan and further targeted sanctions amid warnings by a senior U.N. official of possible genocide.
EDITORIALS
Nov 18, 2016
New SDF mandate in South Sudan
The government had better be aware of the possible ramifications of the expanded role it has handed the SDF in South Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2016
Abe's Cabinet approves more muscular SDF peacekeeping role
For the first time since World War II, Japanese troops under certain circumstances will be allowed to use deadly force beyond self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Nov 12, 2016
South Sudan and Japan: a tale of love and civil war
If you can call South Sudan "stable," you can call anything stable. You can call anything anything.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2016
Nature of South Sudan conflict will determine if SDF peacekeeping mission is legal
Questions of whether South Sudan is in a state of war or if the cease-fire there is still holding pose a test for the legality of the decision by the Abe administration to extend the Self-Defense Forces' peacekeeping operations there until March.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2016
GSDF allows media to view training for potentially dangerous mission parameters
The Ground Self-Defense Force on Monday partially opened to the media exercises for potentially dangerous new mission parameters during U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan starting next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2016
SDF peacekeeping mission in South Sudan reportedly to be extended to March
The government plans to extend the Ground Self-Defense Force's participation in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by five months through next March.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 20, 2016
A year after passing historic legislation, Japan explores new roles for its troops
A year after Japan enacted legislation that lets it play a more muscular role in global security, the Self-Defense Forces are now in training for potential new missions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / IN PICTURES
Sep 1, 2016
GSDF troops begin training for wider South Sudan protection mission
The Ground Self-Defense Force has supported U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan since January 2012, six months after the nation gained independence.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2016
Inada may visit South Sudan to check SDF security situation
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada is considering visiting conflict-torn South Sudan this month to examine the area where the Self-Defense Forces deploy for U.N. peacekeeping operations, a government source said.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2016
Fresh GSDF mission in South Sudan planned under new security laws
The Defense Ministry is making final arrangements to allow Ground Self-Defense Force personnel to be sent to South Sudan, possibly in mid-November, to conduct a fresh mission in a limited area under new security laws, according to a government source.
EDITORIALS
Aug 22, 2016
War looms again in South Sudan
South Sudan will only realize lasting peace when all its people regardless of ethnicity feel that they are full citizens with equal rights.
No link to Nankai Trough quake seen after temblor in Shikoku
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Thousands evacuated as Indonesia volcano erupts
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Why hasn't Japan moved to prop up the weak yen?
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Snake on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
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Sex differences could be key to the successful treatment of long COVID
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'House of the Owl' brings Hollywood values to Japanese TV
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Benefits and risks: AUKUS looks to take gamble on Japan
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U.S. deploys midrange missile system in Indo-Pacific for first time
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