Japanese navy could be sent to fight Somali pirates
Last month, Kyodo News reported that the Japanese government had considered dispatching MSDF warships to escort a cruise ship through the pirated-infested waters off the coast of Somalia. Although they eventually decided against that course of action, a several recent high profile pirate attacks have led to discussions of a possible new law permitting the dispatch of the MSDF on anti-piracy missions:
A bill allowing the Maritime Self-Defense Force to conduct operations may be submitted to parliament early next year, the report said.
Japan’s navy would be charged with escorting oil tankers and commercial ships of all nationalities to prevent hijackings, the Nikkei said. The use of force in response to pirate attacks would be authorized, Nikkei said.
A Japanese-owned chemical tanker was seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said this week. Pirate attacks climbed fivefold in the region in the first nine months of this year as ransom payments spurred raiders to seize more ships, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting center in Kuala Lumpur.
[via Foreign Policy Passport]
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This might work until the pirates figure out that the MSDF ship isn’t allowed to do much more than float there and give mean looks.
Who’s going to pay the ransom when the first MSDF ship gets hijacked?
LOL!!!
No mention of ninjas yet? I’m disappointed
Pirate attacks climbed fivefold in the region in the first nine months of this year
I laughed really hard after reading that part. Yarrrrrrrr!
Yeah, but this isn’t remotely funny. Disney has tamed the old ideas of pirates for us in the Western world, so we think of jolly rouges, but modern pirates are just vile. Actually so were the Pirates of the Caribbean.
they ought to send steve zisu to deal with those pirates.
Africas animals, oil, and diamonds are being stolen along with other minerals. So they are scamming & robbing 1st world countries like Japan and America out of money in return. I would get into more details, but my comment may be deleted because people are afraid of the truth. I do not condone what is happening though on either way.
Sure, you’re african, right? Open your eyes and blame your government instead, they’re the ones who are fucking up the country.
I am of African Descent, not African. You can say its that way now, but who brought non-sense religions, narcotics, AIDS/Disease, and guns to Africa? The Europeans who slaughtered and enslaved are responsible for that. The oil inside your car has been stolen from Africa. If you are a male and plan to get married, the diamond inside your wedding ring has been stolen. When you go to the zoo and see a elephant, zebra, it has been stolen. you are typical arrogant closet racist. I admit it’s the African governments fault now but who ruined the continent in the 1st place (not generalizing)? If a cruel act has been continued for so long, compensation can not occur easily.
I am sure the Africans had plenty of nonsense religions before Christianity as well. The Europeans did make a mistake in bringing them guns and the like: genocidal slaughters like in Rwanda would be much harder without machine guns, though they did do some sterling work with machetes. And AIDS is Africa’s own gift to the world.
The other comments, especially about the zoo animals, are just rants.
“people are afraid of the truth”
And none are more afraid than conspiracy theorists….
I mentioned I do not condone either situation, but I was telling what was going on. I am not here to complain about slavery, I know all non-Euro countries were conquered not just Africa. AIDS was not created by Africa, when the disease first came out it was known among homosexuals in suburban communities, due to the free love act in the 60’s when people rejected marriage and virginity. It did not get into the African-American community until the late 80’s, since they did nothing to stop it such as blacks being thrown in prison for their action and getting the disease from their inmates and their are lot of dead-beat fathers in the black community raising the rate up and now blacks are the are the most affected by it. Also the 1st AIDS case in Japan was when a Japanese man went to America to get a blood test. Ebola was another disease that was brought by Europeans. I know even if Africa would not have been invaded it still would not be a paradise, just like some Japanese blame foreigners for the crime but even before Matthew Perry and his black Ships, the land of the rising sun was not a paradise either. I do not believe Christianity is a non-sense religion, there are so many branches of the religion now, that it’s difficult to tell which is which and Christianity lost its meaning because people are picking a choosing which one of gods laws they will serve. I would like to leave this site, bye
“It did not get into the African-American community until the late 80’s”
Who mentioned Americans?