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Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said early Tuesday morning, following a strong earthquake off Aomori Prefecture, that he had instructed the ministry to “make every effort to gather information to assess the damage situation and to ensure the Ground, Maritime, and Air Self-Defense Forces work in cl...