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 |  Subject: Gov't to deploy 100,000 SDF members to quake-hit areas  Sun 13 Mar 2011 - 13:27 | |
| TOKYO —
Prime Minister Naoto Kan is planning to double to 100,000 the number of Self-Defense Forces personnel sent to areas hit by a devastating quake, Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said Sunday.
Kitazawa told a meeting of the ministry’s emergency headquarters that he had received such order from Kan. He later told reporters at the premier’s office that the increase would be realized ‘‘in a day or two.’‘
The move would see about half of the SDF’s total personnel on the frontline, constituting one of the SDF’s biggest deployments in history, according to ministry officials.
‘‘There are so many people who are still isolated and waiting for assistance. This reality is very stark,’’ Kitazawa said.
In an attempt to make the ongoing rescue works more effective, Kitazawa said he decided to unify the SDF’s command at the Northeastern Army.
Kitazawa said he would be with the army on Monday. Link- http://www.japantoday.com | |
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