Members of the Japan Self Defence force walk through the snow-covered ruins of Kamaishi Iwate Prefecture days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 16 2011.

2011年3月16日，日本岩手县釜石市，在该地区被里氏9.0级地震及海啸摧毁后数天，日本自卫队员们走过白雪覆盖的废墟。

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Members of the Japan Self Defence force walk through the snow-covered ruins of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture, days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 16, 2011.

2011年3月16日，岩手县釜石市，在该地区被里氏9.0级地震和海啸摧毁后数天，日本自卫队员行走在白雪覆盖的废墟中。

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The nation's Maritime Self-Defence Force is reportedly planning to construct a new 284 metre long destroyer capable of transporting 14 helicopters, 4,000 people and 50 trucks.

据报道日本海上自卫队计划建造一新的长达284米的驱逐舰，可运载14架直升机，4000名士兵及50辆卡车。

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Around the perimeter of the property, members of the self-defence force have taken up positions at five-metre intervals.

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Nowhere more so than in Iwakuni, near Hiroshima, where the marines share a large coastal base with Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force.

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In January, when the third of their commanders in as many months was bundled into a vehicle by an armed gang, hundreds of men, and some women, joined the self-defence force.

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