Japanese destroyer sets off for visit to Chinese port

Soldiers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) see off the destroyer "Sazanami" at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 19, 2008. The Japanese MSDF destroyer, which is the first vessel by the MSDF to call on China, set off on Thursday morning for a visit to the southern Chinese port of Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province. "Sazanami" was scheduled to arrive at the Chinese port on June 24 and stay there for five days. (Xinhua Photo)

Soldiers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) see off the destroyer "Sazanami" at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 19, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

A Japanese Maritime Self- Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer sets off for a visit to a Chinese port, the first by the MSDF to call on China, at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 19, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)

A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer sets off for a visit to a Chinese port, the first by the MSDF to call on China, at Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, on June 19, 2008. (Xinhua Photo)