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MONOCLE

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Affairs

April 2012

Issue 52, volume 6

p.62-63

01 of 04Standing before the national flag and the insignia of the GSDF – a golden cherry blossom framed by ivy
02 of 04Discussing the day’s schedule
03 of 04GSDF staff setting up the meeting room with flags
04 of 04Scenes of the GSDF during the tsunami rescue operations

Few anticipated the enormous scale of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan last March. Monocle talks to Eiji Kimizuka, chief of staff for the Ground Self-Defense Force, to learn how the rescue effort continues one year on.