Shinsuke Hashida

From the news reports:

The men were said to be on their way to meet a blind 10-year-old Iraqi boy to take him to Japan for treatment.

AFP 28 May 2004

The two, who were reporting on the activities of Self-Defense Forces troops deployed in Samawah on a humanitarian aid mission, came to the SDF camp Thursday morning to get permission to enter restricted areas

Japan Times 29 May 2004