SDF to finish Noto earthquake reduction mission at finish of August

The Self-Defense Forces will finish their catastrophe reduction mission for the Jan. 1 earthquake on the Noto Peninsula on the finish of this month, Defense Minister Minoru Kihara mentioned Monday.

The mission is already the SDF’s longest catastrophe response operation.

Currently, about 120 SDF members are engaged in offering bathing providers to affected folks in Suzu, Ishikawa Prefecture.

“The catastrophe reduction mission will finish on the finish of August in keeping with the resumption of private-sector bathing providers and the restoration of the water provide,” Kihara mentioned.