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Japan's carrier Izumo in South China Sea/West Philippine Sea (updates)
Topic Started: Mar 14 2017, 02:02 AM (545 Views)
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Kind of ironic that Izumo was also the name of a major Imperial Japanese Navy armoured cruiser that spent a lot of time in Chinese waters during the 1937-1945 Japanese war against China. That old Izumo also destroyed the British gunboat HMS Petrel in Shanghai in December 1941 when the Pacific War front of World War II began.

By sending the Izumo's current namesake, perhaps Tokyo is sending a message to China?

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Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea - sources
By: A Reuters Exclusive by Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo
March 13, 2017 6:32 PM

TOKYO - Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two.

China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.

The Izumo helicopter carrier, commissioned only two years ago, will make stops in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and US naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July.


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Edited by MSantor, Mar 14 2017, 02:10 AM.
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The Izumo deployment: Japan’s hat in the ring

The Japan Times

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May 23, 2017

The maiden overseas deployment of Japan’s largest post-World War II warship, the Izumo, to a three-month South China Sea cruise at a time when the United States and China in particular are contesting for political and military primacy in the region has set tongues wagging in many parts of the world, particularly in Beijing. It is Japan’s biggest foray into the region since World War II, taking place against the waxing of Chinese power and the waning of American sway. ...

“I want to remind the Japanese side that they are not a party concerned in the South China Sea issue, and that they have a disgraceful history of occupying China’s Xisha and Nansha Islands during its war of aggression against China,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying when the voyage was announced in March. “The Japanese side should reflect upon the history, and be discreet with its words and deeds, instead of making waves in the South China Sea and impairing regional peace and stability.” ...

The Izumo is also scheduled to dock at the Subic Bay naval base in the Philippines in June and it will be interesting to check if Duterte will visit the vessel, giving his new-found bonhomie with Beijing.
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