Kyodo News reports that the Japanese government considered using GSDF destroyer to escort luxury cruise ships as they passed the pirate-infested waters near Somalia:
The sources said the Japanese cruise ships were the Asuka II of NYK Cruises Co. and the Nippon Maru of Mitsui O.S.K. Passenger Line Ltd. with some 1,600 people in total on board. Both were on an around-the- world tour and planned to pass the high seas off Somalia in late April.
About one week earlier, the Japanese oil tanker Taka...
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