Japan's Self Defense Forces have sent out helicopters to patrol along the country's east coastline to monitor a possible tsunami and evaluate the damage.

日本自卫队已经派遣直升机巡逻东部海岸地区，监测有可能发生的海啸并评估它带来的破坏。

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On Thursday morning, Japan's Self-Defense Forces started dumping water from a helicopter on reactor No. 3, making four passes. They planned to do the same for No. 4 sometime Thursday.

周四早晨，日本自卫队开始从直升机上对3号反应堆进行4次注水，他们计划在周四的某个时间对4号反应堆采取同样的措施。

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Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary and the spokesman for the rescue efforts, has become an Internet hero, and rescue efforts by the Self-Defense Forces are praised.

内阁官房长官和援救努力的发言人枝野幸男已成为互联网上的英雄，而自卫队的援救努力也受到了赞扬。

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Lebanese officials continue to insist Israeli forces crossed into Lebanese territory and the Lebanese Army acted in self-defense.

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They have been repeatedly displaced by fighting between the nation's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,or FARC, and a right-wing paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

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Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said he had told the Self Defense Forces to strengthen security at all of its military facilities in Japan.

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In one sign of the stress as the nuclear crisis unfolded, an American official helping to coordinate activities with the Japanese Self Defense Forces grew teary-eyed when discussing these cooperative efforts.

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While the Japan Coast Guard is responsible for protecting Japan's coastlines, the defense minister can order the Self Defense Forces to be deployed for maritime security operations if the situation is considered beyond the coast guard's capabilities.

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