MSDF conducts missile interception drill in RIMPAC 2004

MSDF conducts missile interception drill in RIMPAC 2004

HONOLULU, United States - Destroyer Asakaze of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fires a surface-to-air missile in a missile interception drill in waters some 100 kilometers northwest of Hawaii's Kauai Island on July 4 as part of the biennial U.S.-led RIMPAC multinational naval exercises.

MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

SASEBO, Japan - Crew members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Asakaze are reunited with their family members after the ship returned to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 29 from the Indian Ocean. They provided four months of logistical support to U.S.-led antiterrorism forces there.

2 destroyers leave to replace other ships in Arabian Sea

2 destroyers leave to replace other ships in Arabian Sea

SASEBO, Japan - The 3,850-ton destroyer Asakaze of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leaves the MSDF's Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on July 1 for the Indian Ocean. The Asakaze and the 4,555-ton destroyer Inazuma, which left Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture the same day, will replace two vessels that are providing logistic support for the U.S. war in Afghanistan.

MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

MSDF ship returns to Nagasaki from antiterror duty

SASEBO, Japan - Crew members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Asakaze are reunited with their family members after the ship returned to Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 29 from the Indian Ocean. They provided four months of logistical support to U.S.-led antiterrorism forces there. (Kyodo)

2 destroyers leave to replace other ships in Arabian Sea

2 destroyers leave to replace other ships in Arabian Sea

SASEBO, Japan - The 3,850-ton destroyer Asakaze of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leaves the MSDF's Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on July 1 for the Indian Ocean. The Asakaze and the 4,555-ton destroyer Inazuma, which left Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture the same day, will replace two vessels that are providing logistic support for the U.S. war in Afghanistan.