On November 4th and 5th, JMSDF JS Samidare conducted an exercise with deutsche marine Fregatte Bayern in offshore areas south of Kanto region. After this exercise, Fregatte Bayern called at Japan for the first time in about 20 years as a deutsche naval vessel!
It marks the 3rd exercise with Fregatte Bayern. Through such exercises as this, Japan and Germany will continue to show its close cooperation to uphold and reinforce Free And Open Indo Pacific.