MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet -- the training ships Kashima (L) and Yamagiri, as well as the destroyer Sawayuki (R) -- returns to Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2010, wrapping up a five-month around-the-world training voyage. The fleet visited 11 countries but canceled a port call to Qingdao, China, as bilateral ties were strained due to a territorial dispute in the East China Sea.

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in May 2000 shows an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Chinese navy (front) sailing in Japanese territorial waters near the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, while the Japanese escort vessel Sawayuki of the MSDF monitors the Chinese ship. (Photo courtesy of the Maritime Self-Defense Force)

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in May 2000 shows an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Chinese navy (front) sailing in Japanese territorial waters near the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, while the Japanese escort vessel Sawayuki of the MSDF monitors the Chinese ship. (Photo courtesy of the Maritime Self-Defense Force) (Kyodo)

MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

MSDF training fleet returns to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet -- the training ships Kashima (L) and Yamagiri, as well as the destroyer Sawayuki (R) -- returns to Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2010, wrapping up a five-month around-the-world training voyage. The fleet visited 11 countries but canceled a port call to Qingdao, China, as bilateral ties were strained due to a territorial dispute in the East China Sea. (Kyodo)