Japan's largest SDF carrier brings joy to Palau judo kids

Good news.

my tax money can pay for the fuel of a warship. I can’t recently afford fuel for my car, but at least we can throw away our cardboard boxes far away.

I can’t imagine a more expensive transportation costs for some children sports clothes. Lol But if anyone is finally happy there, so what. They pay some later per climate change consequences , I guess.

I can’t imagine a more expensive transportation costs for some children sports clothes. Lol

The ship was headed for Palau anyways. Palau is a common port of call for US and US ally navies.

Some very ignorant comments; simplistic focusing on the one element out of context so as to deride the activities of the Japanese defence forces and thus support the expansion of China’s efforts at hegemony in the Pacific region. Which coincidentally would mean Japan was surrounded. Hope you enjoy your new CCP masters, how is your Mandarin?

Soft power projection like this is a major tool in countering the attempted encroachment by autocratic and dictatorial powers like China.

A show of Kindness without reciprocation (asking for anything back) ... that now, sets Democracy apart from the rest.

Indeed. This is how to exert soft power the right way unlike, say, confuscius centres.

The Palau side was disgusted that they were being forced to accept ships they did not need. I launched this project not for the benefit of government officials but for the security of the people of Palau," she said.'

Just trying to get my head around the background to this ...so the Palau govt / citizens didnt want to have military ships at its ports therefore in order to make it easier to swallow the navy ships docking there and sell it to the public , they transported a few boxes of judo uniforms as a PR exercise? Am i getting this right?

No. Palua is the chair of the Micronesia Maritime Security Project. Started in 2008 this is about protecting their fisheries from fleets of foreign fish factory ships. They have been looking to the US and Japan for help.

Palua is the chair of the Micronesia Maritime Security Project. Started in 2008 this is about protecting their fisheries from fleets of foreign fish factory ships.

They also have a shoot to kill policy on maritime intrusions, and regularly arrest Chinese coral poachers and scuttle their boats.