TOKYO - Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said Tuesday he has ordered the country's troops to conclude their firefighting operations in Indonesia, their first such mission overseas.
A Japanese Self-Defense Forces transport ship carrying three CH-47 helicopters was sent to Indonesia, hit by severe forest fires, with disaster relief operations launched Sept. 16.
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