Japanese warships to join US fleet near North Korea as tensions rise
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong
Wednesday 12 April 2017 03.36 EDT
Last modified on Thursday 13 April 2017 06.32 EDT
Japan is preparing to send several warships to join a US aircraft carrier strike group heading for the Korean peninsula, in a show of force designed to deter North Korea from conducting further missile and nuclear tests.
Citing two well-placed sources who spoke on condition of anonymity, Reuters and the Kyodo news agency said several destroyers from Japan’s maritime self-defence forces would join the USS Carl Vinson and its battle group as it enters the East China Sea.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/12/japanese-warships-join-us-fleet-north-korea?CMP=share_btn_fb
