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Humanitarian Aid

Japan Ground Self Defense Force Lt. Col. Noritaka Ito, left, a liaison officer assigned to U.S. Army Japan, looks over notes translated by interpreter Mayuko Omoto during the Sapporo Epicenter humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise at Camp Sapporo, Japan, Jan. 23, 2013.

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