Japan Dispatches Self-Defense Forces to Djibouti to Investigate Ethiopia Civil War Situation

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Soyeon] The Japanese government dispatched a Self-Defense Forces investigation team to Djibouti, a neighboring country, on the 26th to investigate the civil war situation in Ethiopia.

On the 28th, Japan's Mainichi Shimbun reported that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (岸田文雄) announced this during an inspection ceremony held on the 27th at the Asaka (朝霞) garrison of the Ground Self-Defense Force located in Nerima (練馬) Ward, Tokyo (東京都).

The Self-Defense Forces investigation team is tasked with gathering information on whether it is necessary to dispatch Self-Defense Forces aircraft to evacuate Japanese nationals residing in Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, in Ethiopia, since the armed conflict between government forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the northern Tigray region began in early November last year, thousands have died due to battles and airstrikes.