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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” The vessel will be renamed for ...

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The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami passed through the Taiwan Strait on June 12, several government sources said. This is the third time an MSDF vessel has passed through the strait, ...

TOKYO - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) destroyer sailed through the Taiwan Strait last week, days after a Chinese fighter jet flew dangerously close to a Japanese patrol plane over ...

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Takanami made its way through the strait on June 12. It participated in a joint exercise with the Philippine Navy in the South China Sea on Saturday.

The base, operated by the Air Self-Defense Force, is in Miyazaki prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands.