Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force has dispatched a destroyer and helicopters.

日本海军自卫队排出了一艘驱逐舰和数个直升机。

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Q: Last week, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force sent out vessels on convoy missions to the Gulf of Aden and seas off the Somali coast, how do you comment?

问：上周，日本海上自卫队派遣护卫舰赴索马里亚丁湾海域进行护航，请问中方对此有何评论？

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Some of those battling flames and spraying water at reactors at Daiichi are members of Japan's Self-Defense Force, police officers or firefighters.

还有一些与第一核电站反应堆火灾搏斗的人是日本自卫队的队员，警察或者是消防员。

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Japan's defense ministry said a submarine was spotted by a P-3C Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft Sunday night passing near Kume Island in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea.

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And the Director of the OPCW's Inspectorate is a former senior official in Japan's Self-Defense Force, Ichiro Akiyama.

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We were sent out on our own to live and patrol in a Vietnamese village alongside the village's self-defense force.

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