Japanese forces are frequent among the international disaster relief teams , with deployments in Rwanda ( 1994 ) , Honduras ( 1998 ) , Turkey ( 1999 ) , West Timor ( 1999 – 2000 ) , Afghanistan ( 2001 ) , Iraq ( 2003 ) , Iran ( 2003 – 2004 ) , Thailand ( 2004 – 2005 ) , Indonesia ( 2005 ) , Russia ( 2005 ) , Pakistan ( 2005 ) , Indonesia ( 2006 ) , Indonesia ( 2009 ) , Haiti ( 2010 ) , Pakistan ( 2010 ) , New Zealand ( 2011 ) . In the aftermath of an earthquake in Haiti , Japan deployed a contingent of troops , including engineers with bulldozers and heavy machinery , to assist the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti . Their duties were peacekeeping , removal of rubble , and the reconstruction of roads and buildings
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2010 Haiti earthquake
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