MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

SASEBO, Japan - Crew members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Asakaze are reunited with their family members after the ship returned to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 29 from the Indian Ocean. They provided four months of logistical support to U.S.-led antiterrorism forces there.

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