Japan to extend SDF dispatch to U.N. mission in South Sudan

Japanese soldiers from the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) are processed by an immigration offiecer as they withdraw from their mission in South Sudan's capital, Juba, on Monday. | REUTERS

May 14, 2019(Tokyo) —  The Japanese government plans to extend the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces members to the headquarters of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan until May 31 next year. The cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is expected to approve the one-year extension later this month after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party endorsed the government plan last […]

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