Japanese Naval Ships Uraga & Takashima Visit Kochi
Kochi, 22 March 2016
Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) Ships Uraga
& Takashima are on a visit to Kochi from from 22-24 Mar 16. Cdr Shunichiro
Kachi and Lt Masanori Nakai are the Commanding officers of Uraga & Takshima
respectively. Various professional and informal interactions of the ship’s crew
with Southern Naval Command have been planned during their stay at Kochi.
On 22 Mar 16, the Commanding Officers of JMSDF Ships
accompanied by Captain Toshihiro Takaiwa, Commander, Minesweeper Division 51 and
Capt Shusuke Takahashi, Resident Defence Attache (DA), Embassy of Japan, New
Delhi called on the Chief of Staff, Southern Naval Command.
Other planned
interactions include exchange of visits by specialist officers and men from
both the navies with Indian Navy personnel visiting the Japanese Naval ships
and vice versa. The Japanese Ships’ crew would also be visiting places of
interest during the stay in Kochi. On departure, JMSDF ships along with Indian
naval ships Sunayna and Sharda will take part in a joint exercise ‘PASSEX’ off
Kochi.
The Ships had last visited Port Klang (Malaysia) and are en
route to Bahrain.
Japanese Naval Ships Uraga & Takashima Visit Kochi
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