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Illustrative image of a fictional adult woman securing an orange firefighting water bucket in an open tropical hangar with three unbranded twin-rotor helicopters, symbolizing Japan’s wildfire-assistance mission to Indonesia; she is not a soldier, pilot, firefighter, official, resident, witness or participant, and her French-white pedicure is visible.

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Japan Sends 3 Chinooks to Indonesia in Its First Known Overseas Firefighting Mission

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September 10, 2026

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Three Japanese CH-47 helicopters have reached Borneo to fight wildfires and toxic haze, marking what AP describes as the JSDF’s first known overseas firefighting operation.