Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - A crew member of the Japanese destroyer Kirisame poses for a photo with his daughter on landing at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22. The 4,550-ton vessel, which had been dispatched to the Indian Ocean on refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and near Afghanistan, returned home after a temporary law authorizing the mission expired Nov. 1.

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