The Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group, also known as the Japan Self-Defense Forces Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group, was a battalion-sized, largely humanitarian contingent of the Jap
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Used JGSDF Iraqi forces patch
A Komatsu LAV on display with Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group markings during a public exhibition. Note the shield on top of the vehicle to protect standing JGSDF soldiers from gunfire at all sides.
Iraqi children shake hands with JGSDF soldiers during a reconstruction operation.
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Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group
…January 19, 2004 (Established) February 3, 2004 (Activated) – July 18, 2006 (Disbanded for JGSDF forces) 2004–2008 (Disbanded for JASDF forces) Country Japan Type Battalion Role Humanitarian Size 600 Part of Under command of the JGSDF Garrison/HQ Samawah, Iraq Commanders 1st Commander Colonel Masahisa…
Legendary Emperor Jimmu (神武天皇, Jinmu-tennō)
Japanese samurai boarding a Mongol vessel during the Mongol invasions of Japan, depicted in the Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba, 1293
Three unifiers of Japan. Left to right: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji-tennō); 1852–1912