Japan's refueling ships return home after antiterrorism mission

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama inspects a guard of honor during a ceremony at Harumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Feb. 6, 2010, to welcome the return of the Maritime Self-Defense Force's supply ship Mashu and the destroyer Ikazuchi after they wound up their refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan.

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