A helicopter from the Japanese Self- Defense Force hovers above a coast guard boat off the coast. The exercise occurred near the Kure Naval Base in Hiroshima during an antipiracy drill in 2009. To continue its fight against piracy, Japan is opening its first overseas base in Djibouti, a small African country strategically located at the southern end of the Red Sea on the Gulf of Aden.
Fighting Piracy
July 01, 2010