Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Hiroshi Goto, who leads the force's antipiracy mission off Somalia, speaks to reporters at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, before two MSDF destroyers set sail on the mission March 14.

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