Japan submarine collides with commercial ship off Shikoku, 3 injured
A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off the western main island of Shikoku, with three crew members on the submarine slightly injured but no major damage reported, government officials said.
The 84-meter-long Souryu scraped the hull of the vessel as it was surfacing, the Defense Ministry said, adding that the submarine s antenna mast and other upper parts were slightly damaged but it was able to continue sailing.
Top government spokesman Katsunobu Kato said at a press conference that a ship believed to be the one involved in the collision, when contacted by the Japan Coast Guard, reported that no impact was felt and it does not appear to have sustained any damage.
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Seoul, Feb. 2 (Jiji Press) South Korea s Ministry of National Defense dropped the word partner to describe Japan in its biennial defense white paper released Tuesday while continuing to call it a neighboring country.
This apparently reflects soured bilateral ties due to incidents, including one in late 2018 in which a South Korean warship directed a radar at a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol plane over the Sea of Japan.
The 2020 defense white paper, the second under the administration of South Korean President Moon Jae-in, said Japan is a neighboring country that South Korea should work with not only for their bilateral relations but also for the peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia and the entire world.
Japan Will Soon Sail State-of-the-Art Stealth Submarines Across Asia
The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) is planning to increase its submarine fleet to twenty-two operational diesel and AIP-powered submarines, plus one testing and two training submarines.
Here s What You Need To Remember: For now, Japan is committed to deploying much less expensive yet still highly capable conventional submarines. The JMSDF’s submariners will need to leverage superior stealth and situational awareness when contending with the increasingly formidable naval forces of potential adversaries in the western Pacific.
In June 2019, submarine manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries hosted a presentation (subsequently shared on Twitter) revealing plans for Japan’s next-generation submarine, dubbed the 29SS or “New 3,000-[metric] ton Submarine.”