MSDF vessel joins U.S. supply ship on 1st Japan protection mission

MSDF vessel joins U.S. supply ship on 1st Japan protection mission

Photos taken from a Kyodo News helicopter show the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo (upper) and a U.S. Navy supply ship off the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on May 1, 2017. The Izumo left Yokosuka base, southwest of the capital, in the morning for the first protection mission under security legislation that took effect last year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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