Japanese Self-Defense Forces cleaned the rooms at the Okawa elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture.

日本自卫队员在宫城县Ishinomaki地区清理大川小学的房间。

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On Thursday morning, helicopters operated by Japan's self-defense forces made four passes over the plant's No. 3 reactor to dump water.

周四早上，日本自卫队的直升机四次对3号厂房注水。

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Yukio Edano, the chief cabinet secretary and the spokesman for the rescue efforts, has become an Internet hero, and rescue efforts by the Self-Defense Forces are praised.

内阁官房长官和援救努力的发言人枝野幸男已成为互联网上的英雄，而自卫队的援救努力也受到了赞扬。

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They have been repeatedly displaced by fighting between the nation's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia,or FARC, and a right-wing paramilitary group called the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia.

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Lebanese officials continue to insist Israeli forces crossed into Lebanese territory and the Lebanese Army acted in self-defense.

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That the manga was avidly read by members of the Self-Defense Forces only reinforced that impression.

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While the Self-Defense Forces have been wooing the public for years, they've sounded more trumpets recently.

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