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Japan’s Largest Warship Carrier Will Conduct Exercise in South China Sea: Report

Girish Shetti   |

Mar 14, 2017 12:51 PM EDT

Japan plans to send its largest warship carrier for a long naval exercise tour that will see it travel across several important Asian regions including the disputed South China Sea region. The three-month-long tour that is set to begin in May is being touted as Tokyo's biggest show of naval strength in the region since World War II.