Japanese Ships Join US Carrier En Route to Korean Peninsula

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April 23, 2017 2:33 AM    VOA News
Japanese Ships Join US Carrier En Route to Korean Peninsula

Two Japanese destroyers have joined an American aircraft carrier headed toward the Korean peninsula.

The Japanese warships, the Samidare and Ashigara, left western Japan Friday to join the Carl Vinson. The vessels of the two countries began joint exercises Sunday in the Western Pacific.

The USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group, which includes a guided-missile cruiser and a guided missile destroyer, was diverted from its trip to Australia by U.S. President Donald Trump, as tensions rise in the Korean peninsula over North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear tests.

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