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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.

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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. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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1st Japanese warship since WWII docks at Chinese port

ZHANJIANG, China - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel unload quake relief supplies from the 4,650-ton MSDF destroyer Sazanami after arriving at a port in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, on June 24 for the first port call in China by a Japanese warship since World War II. The visit by the MSDF ship reciprocates a visit to Japan by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen last November -- the first port call since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. (Kyodo)

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Japanese destroyer visits China, first since World War II

ZHANJIANG, China - Holding Japanese and Chinese flags, a Chinese woman greets the Japanese destroyer Sazanami, which arrived at Zhanjiang port in Quangdong, southern China, on June 24. The 4,650-ton Sazanami is the first Japanese warship to make a port call in China since the end of World War II, reciprocating a visit to Japan by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen last November -- the first port call since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. (Kyodo)

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

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. (Kyodo)

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Japanese destroyer visits China, first since World War II

ZHANJIANG, China - Japan's Maj. Gen. Shinichi Tokumaru, commander of the Japanese destroyer Sazanami (R) shakes hands with Lt. Gen. Su Shiliang, commander of China's South East Fleet, after the Japanese warship docked at Zhanjiang port in Quangdong, southern China, on June 24. The 4,650-ton Sazanami is the first Japanese warship to make a port call in China since the end of World War II, reciprocating a visit to Japan by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen last November -- the first port call since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. (Kyodo)

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Japanese destroyer visits China, first since World War II

ZHANJIANG, China - Chinese sailors greet the Japanese destroyer Sazanami in a welcoming ceremony as the Japanese warship docks at the naval base in Zhanjiang, Quangdong Province, on June 24. The 4,650-ton Sazanami is the first Japanese warship to make a port call in China since the end of World War II, reciprocating a visit to Japan by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen last November -- the first port call since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. (Kyodo)

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Japanese destroyer visits China, first since World War II

ZHANJIANG, China - Holding a banner of welcome, Chinese navy personnel greet the Japanese destroyer Sazanami in a welcoming ceremony as the Japanese warship docks at the naval port in Zhanjiang, Quangdong Province, on June 24. The 4,650-ton Sazanami is the first Japanese warship to make a port call in China since the end of World War II, reciprocating a visit to Japan by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen last November -- the first port call since the People's Republic of China was established in 1949. The banner says, ''We warmly welcome the first visit to China by a military ship of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.'' (Kyodo)