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From: ken_nicolson@hotmail.com (Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson)
Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan
Subject: Japan shells out 100 million bucks protection money for GSDF!?!
Date: 27 Jan 2004 00:21:02 -0800
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I guess you won't read all about it in the daily paper, but according
to this:

http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=1&id=286241

they're shelling out over $300,000 per "guard" to guard the soldiers
building their camp in Iraq or something. Another 100 oku yen that
won't be going towards humanitarian aid. I'm sure they'll soon be
another demand for payment to ensure no-one shoots at the GSDF too
much once they start patrolling.

I hate to think what sort of coverage we'll get the first time a live
bullet goes flying anywhere near the GSDF...

Also, I apologise for not cross-posting and filling up our bit of
not-Usenet with leakage from other groups.

Ken