Tokyo has deployed a Kawasaki P-1 patrol aircraft belonging to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) to Djibouti to participate in an anti-piracy operation off the coast of Somalia. Japan’s military base in Djibouti is the first and, so far, the only overseas military facility operated by the Japan Self-Defense Force. The base opened in […]
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