Japanese SDF warship makes friendly visit to China
A historic visit marking improved relations between Japan and China:
A Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer departed Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Thursday morning for the first visit to China by uniformed Self-Defense Forces personnel.
The 4,650-ton Sazanami is scheduled to arrive in the southern port of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, on Tuesday and stay for five days as part of a bilateral defense exchange.
The trip follows a visit to Japan in November by the Chinese missile destroyer Shenzhen, the first such port call since the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949.
