AMANO Jun-ichi
Published 12 Jun 2016https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Izumo
At open-house of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Naval Base.
On June 11, 2016.#JMSDF #MSDF
From the Wikipedia entry:
JS Izumo (DDH-183) is a helicopter carrier with a planned future conversion into an aircraft carrier. Officially classified as a multi-purpose operation destroyer, she is the lead ship in the Izumo class of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She is the second warship to be named for Izumo Province, with the previous ship being the armoured cruiser Izumo (1898).
The ruling Liberal Democrat Party announced in May 2018 that it favours converting Izumo to operate fixed-wing aircraft. The conversion was confirmed in December 2018 when Japan announced the change of its defense guidelines. Upon the completion of the process, Izumo will be the first Japanese aircraft carrier since World War II.
