U.N. sounds out Japan on sending troops to Sudan for demining

Thursday 03rd April, 02:23 AM JST

TOKYO —

The United Nations has sounded out Japan about dispatching Self-Defense Forces personnel to take part in U.N. peacekeeping operations’ demining activities in southern Sudan, government sources said Wednesday.

The Foreign Ministry has already been considering Japanese participation in the U.N. Mission in Sudan and the world body’s request is expected to help expedite debate on the deployment of troops, which is a sensitive issue due to restrictions under Japan’s pacifist Constitution.

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rjd_jr at 10:08 AM JST - 3rd April

You have got to be kidding me. The U.N. of all organizations asking Japan to dispatch troops when they can't even let Japan on the UNSC? What a farce.
umbrella at 08:26 AM JST - 4th April

The japanese army is just about fit to do the water pipes again. But which army will have to baby sit them this time??
apecNetworks at 01:20 PM JST - 4th April

I say **goooooooooooooo**

That's conditional that the demining is done via robotics, and that the area has been reasonably secured for the operation. If I am correct, the demining in Cambodia was, or near robotic in implementation.
OssanII at 10:44 PM JST - 4th April

Making fun of the JDSF for doing only "not combat assignments" and being protected by other nation's troops is assinine because if they did anything otherwise the very same critics would be screaming about WWII and Imperial Japanese soliders running rampant again. You can't have it both ways.