Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi visited JS Izumo on Nov. 8 to monitor the progress of the ship’s conversion into an aircraft carrier.
“It is absolutely necessary that we are capable of launching and landing F-35Bs at sea in order to successfully carry out defense policy, so that we can deal with the new security environment and be prepared to defend our territory, which includes a wide area in the Pacific Ocean,” Kishi was quoted as saying after his visit.
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