By RYUICHI YAMASHITA/ Staff Writer
December 27, 2019 at 16:50 JST
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami escorts a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
The government on Dec. 27 approved orders to dispatch a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to the Middle East on a “research” mission that underscores the delicate situation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is in. [Read More]
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