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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) is saluted by Maritime Self-Defense Force members after touring the MSDF destroyer Takanami during a visit to the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan visits Japanese warship

YOKOSUKA, Japan - China's Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan (L) tours the Japanese destroyer Takanami during a visit to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 31. The 4,650-ton warship, commissioned in 2003, is one of five Takanami-class destroyers deployed by the MSDF. Cao, the first Chinese defense minister to visit Japan since February 1998, is on a five-day trip to Japan through Sept. 2.

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Japan destroyers on antipiracy mission make 1st port call in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The Japanese destroyer Sazanami, which has been dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, makes its first port call in the Horn of Africa country of Djibouti on April 6. The 4,650-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer has been escorting Japan-linked commercial ships in the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden since late last month.