Japan's last MSDF ship returns from refueling mission

Japan's last MSDF ship returns from refueling mission

TOKYO, Japan - A Maritime Self-Defense Force officer gets kisses from his daughter and son after getting off the 8,150-ton MSDF supply ship Tokiwa, which berthed at Narumi pier in Tokyo on Nov. 23. After completing a four-month mission to refuel vessels of U.S.-led coalition forces in the Indian Ocean, the Tokiwa is the last MSDF vessel to return home after Japan called off a six-year refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, as the government failed to get a bill through parliament to re-authorize the mission.

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