Sounds like South Sudan has gotten real bad all of a sudden, I'm going to post a few articles on it.
Japan approves rescue missions for troops in South Sudan
By Nobuhiro Kubo and Linda Sieg | TOKYO
Japan on Tuesday approved a plan for its troops in South Sudan on U.N. peacekeeping operations to conduct rescue missions, amid critics' concerns the move risks embroiling Japanese soldiers in their first overseas fighting since World War Two.
The new mandate, which will apply to troops to be dispatched to South Sudan from Nov. 20, is in line with security legislation enacted last year to expand the overseas role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), as the military is known.
"South Sudan cannot assure its peace and stability on its own and for that very reason, a U.N. peacekeeping operation is being conducted," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday. "The SDF ... is carrying out activities that only it can do in a tough environment."
The Japanese troops are in South Sudan primarily to help build infrastructure in the war-torn country, but under the new mission will be allowed to respond to urgent calls from U.N. staff and non-governmental organization (NGO) personnel. Defence Minister Tomomi Inada has said the government does not envision Japanese troops rescuing other foreign troops.
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