Japanese destroyer leaves for Aden

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Relatives of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel wave farewell as a destroyer leaves the MSDF Yokosuka base, near Tokyo, on Oct. 11, 2011, for antipiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia from early November.

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