This handout photo taken on March 28, 2009 and provided by the Japanese Defense Ministry shows Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force's supply vessel Towada (L) refueling a Japanese destroyer Samidare (R) in the Gulf of Aden for the anti-piracy mission Japan's two destroyers will start the anti-piracy operation to guard automobile transport ships off Somalia from March 30. Japan's armed forces could face combat abroad for the first time since World War II. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

This handout photo taken on March 28, 2009 and provided by the Japanese Defense Ministry shows Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force's supply vessel Towada (L) refueling a Japanese destroyer Samidare (R) in the Gulf of Aden for the anti-piracy mission Japan's two destroyers will start the anti-piracy operation to guard automobile transport ships off Somalia from March 30. Japan's armed forces could face combat abroad for the first time since World War II.

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