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Archive Home > 2009 > January > 21 > Japanese may send special maritime unit to fight pirates

Japanese may send special maritime unit to fight pirates

By The Yomiuri Shimbun / The Bulletin
January 21, 2009

TOKYO — The Japanese government is considering deploying the special boarding unit of the Maritime Self-Defense Force on MSDF destroyers should the vessels be dispatched to Somalia to protect ships from pirates, sources said.

Any pirates that committed serious crimes such as a murder....

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