Defense
Japan’s largest warship since
World War II has just entered service. Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force
(JMSDF) took delivery on Wednesday of the Izumo, a helicopter
carrier “as big as the Imperial Navy aircraft carriers that battled the
United States in the Pacific.”
The Izumo was indigenously
constructed at a shipyard in Yokohama, near Tokyo, at a cost of around
$1.5 billion. It is named after the former Izumo province in western Honshu. In
Japanese mythology, the entrance to yomi (hell) is
located in Izumo.
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