Japanese Escort Flotilla Departs for Indo–Pacific Region

The Japanese JS Izumo (R) with other naval vessels, including those from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Netherlands in the Pacific Ocean in September 2021. UK Ministry of Defence via AP

An escort flotilla of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF), composed of destroyers JS Izumo and JS Takanami, has departed for a four-month-long naval exercise in the Indo–Pacific.

The Escort Flotilla Four departed from the Yokosuka port base on June 13 for the Indo-Pacific deployment (IPD), which will run from June 13 to Oct 28.