SUBIC BAY FREEPORT: The Japanese commander of a destroyer group that docked here on Sunday for a four-day goodwill visit described the Philippines as “a very important ally.”
Captain Hiroaki Yoshino, chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Submarine Training Division 1, made the statement during a news briefing at the Alava Pier in the Subic Bay Freeport after arrival ceremonies for the Japanese submarine JDS Oyashio (SS-511) together with destroyers JDS Ariake (DD-109) and JDS Setogiri (DD-156) of the Destroyer Escort Division 15.
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