(Eagle News)– A Japanese ship docked in a Manila port on Thursday, April 26, for a three-day goodwill visit. The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s Osumi (LST-4001) carried over 100 crew members when it docked at Pier 15 of the South Harbor. The Japanese ship , which is the frontrunner of the Japanese Navy’s Osumi-class tank landing ships, will be in the country until April 28. This is the third ship of the Japanese Navy […]
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President Duterte visits Japanese escort Flotilla in Alava Pier, Subic
President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday, June 4, visited the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotilla One JS IZUMO (DDH-183) at the Alava Pier of Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City, Zambales. The President and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana conduct a shipboard tour and inspection of the helicopter carrier’s different stations. JS IZUMO, together with a guide-missile destroyer JS SAZANAMI (DDG-113), berthed at the Subic Bay Port for […]
Japanese warship sails West Philippine Sea
QUEZON City, Philippines – A Japanese warship sailed the West Philippine Sea and docked at the Subic Bay. According to Captain Masaki Takada, said Japanese naval vessel is under a navigational training mission. This is the second time that a ship of the Japanese navy arrived at Subic Bay. Said act of Japan is seen as a sign of the deepening defense relationship of the Philippines and Japan. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul […]
Philippines assessing discovery of Japanese sunken ship
The Philippines on Thursday (March 5) said it was verifying reports that a sunken World war II Japanese warship was discovered off the coast in the central Philippines. A team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has found the sunken Japanese warship Musashi, one of the largest battleships ever built, where it was sunk during World War Two off the coast of the Philippines, the billionaire said on Wednesday (March 4). Presidential Spokesperson Sonny Coloma […]





