SAPPORO – A Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship arrived Wednesday morning at Muroran port in Hokkaido to take on light armored vehicles and other equipment bound for Kuwait for use by troops stationed in Iraq.
The 8,900-ton Osumi departed Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Saturday, escorted by the 4,550-ton MSDF destroyer Murasame.
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