Japan sends biggest warship to escort US supply vessel

Japan-destroyer-Izumo-7Japan’s biggest warship Izumo departed from Yokosuka base today, to help supply the USS Carl Vinson amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula. In an apparent show of solidarity with Washington, Japanese Defence Minister Tomomi Inada ordered the helicopter carrier on a mission to assist U.S. naval ships, a first time in Japan Self-defence Force’s […]

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