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SOUTH SUDAN

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2016
GSDF families briefed on situation in South Sudan
The Ground Self-Defense Force has told families of personnel stationed in conflict-mired South Sudan that no direct attack has been made on their camp, a GSDF official said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2016
SDF is ordered to evacuate Japanese nationals from South Sudan
Amid fighting in South Sudan's capital, the Air Self-Defense Force is sent in to evacuate Japanese civilians there.
WORLD
Jul 10, 2016
Death toll from South Sudan fighting climbs to 272: government source
At least 272 people have died in fighting between South Sudan's rival factions in the capital Juba, including 33 civilians, a government source said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 6, 2016
Amnesty report cites forced cannibalism, rape, death, trauma as South Sudan turns 5
Mass killings, rape, torture, abductions and forced cannibalism have led to an increase in mental illness in South Sudan, with patients routinely housed in prisons due to an "almost total" absence of mental health care, a rights group said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2016
Intact bullet found at SDF base in South Sudan does not prove it was fired upon: government
A undamaged bullet found on the grounds of a U.N. peacekeeping base in South Sudan is not evidence that Japanese troops came under fire, the government said Friday.
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
Feb 9, 2016
Japan extends peacekeeping mission in South Sudan through October
The Cabinet gave its blessing Tuesday to an extension of the Self-Defense Forces' peacekeeping mission in South Sudan by eight months until the end of October.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2015
Expanding SDF's role in South Sudan likely to wait until late 2016
The Abe administration is considering waiting until November 2016 or later to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces in the U.N. peacekeeping operation in South Sudan under the controversial security legislation passed last month, according to a government source.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2015
SDF role in South Sudan to expand in May under new security laws
The government is getting ready to expand the role of the Self-Defense Forces mission in South Sudan as early as May under the security legislation enacted last week.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 20, 2015
Defense chief Gen Nakatani visits South Sudan for talks, SDF inspection
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani visited the South Sudan capital Juba on Monday to hold talks with his counterpart, Kuol Manyang Juuk, and to inspect Self-Defense Forces personnel taking part in a U.N. peacekeeping operation.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2014
U.N. logistics expert fears humanitarian disaster in South Sudan
The worsening security situation in South Sudan has severely hampered transportation of vital aid supplies, creating the risk of a humanitarian catastrophe, according to a UNICEF logistics expert based in the region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2014
Mediator says South Sudan rivals reach deal to end conflict
South Sudan's warring parties committed to ending fighting and bringing their months-long conflict to an end without conditions, the chief mediator for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)regional African group, said Saturday after two days of talks in the Ethiopian capital.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2014
Cabinet extends SDF mission in South Sudan
The Cabinet decided Tuesday to extend the Self-Defense Forces deployment in South Sudan by four months to the end of February.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 17, 2014
UNICEF officer fights for children in S. Sudan
Masumi Yamashina, 36, became a UNICEF officer in South Sudan with the hope of supporting the nation-building efforts of the world's youngest country, but an unexpectedly harsh reality awaited her there.
EDITORIALS
Jul 14, 2014
South Sudan self-destructing
The major importers of oil from South Sudan — including the U.S. and China — should help the youngest country on the African continent achieve a national reconciliation, to pre-empt a full-blown civil war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2014
South Sudan rebel leader, president agree on new cease-fire
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar signed a cease-fire deal on Friday after coming under growing international pressure to end ethnic fighting that has raised fears of genocide.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 9, 2014
U.N. accuses both sides in South Sudan conflict of crimes against humanity
The United Nations on Thursday accused both government and rebel forces in South Sudan of committing crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and other sexual violence, during almost five months of fighting that has left thousands of people dead.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 13, 2014
GSDF hunkers down in Sudan compound
Japanese troops involved in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan do not see any prospect of resuming their original task of infrastructure building, despite a cease-fire deal signed last month, their commander said Tuesday.
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 Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 2, 2014
Political power struggle behind South Sudan crisis
U.S. and African officials seeking to mediate an end to South Sudan's bloodshed are, in effect, trying to repair rifts in the very liberation movement that they supported for years.
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Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
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Kishida talks up bolstered Latin American ties as China cements position
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a news conference in Sao Paulo on Saturday.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
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Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.

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