Activities based on Replenishment Support Special Measures Law
For the Eraducation of International Terrorism (Replenishment support activities in the Indian Ocean)(October 2008)
The Fight against Terrorism Self - Defense Force Activities(Overview)
G8's participation in activities in and around Afghanistan
| Operation Enduring Freedom （OEF） Operations for recovering and maintaining public security in Afghanistan | International Security Assistance Force （ISAF） Assistance for Afghan government in maintaining public security | Provincial Reconstruction Teams （PRT） Activities of reconstruction assistance and so on for the improvement of public security environment etc | Operation Enduring Freedom ? Maritime Interdiction Operation （OEF－MIO） Activities taking necessary measures such as inspection of vessels sailing the Indian Ocean with a view to interdicting and deterring the movements of terrorists | |
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| U.S. | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| U.K. | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| France | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Canada | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Germany | × | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| Italy | × | ○ | ○ | × |
| Japan | × | × | × | × → ○ |
| Russia | × | × | × | × |
Issuance of the Order on the Termination of the Replenishment Support Activities based
on the Replenishment Support Special Measures Law (January 15, 2010) Activities)▼OPEN
(Press Release)
January 15, 2010
Ministry of Defense
The Replenishment Support Special Measures Law will expire at 2400 (JST) on January 15, 2010. Therefore, the Minister of Defense issued an order to the Commander of the Self-Defense Fleet of the MSDF to terminate the replenishment support activities in the Indian Ocean at 2400 (JST) on January 15, 2010 and return to Japan the dispatched unit, which had been formed for the implementation of the replenishment support activities.
The Issuance of the Defense Minister's Order for the Implementation of Replenishment Support Activities based on the Replenishment Support Special Measures Law (January 17, 2008)▼OPEN
(Press Release)
January 17, 2008
Ministry of Defense
Regarding the replenishment support activities in accordance with the Replenishment Support Special Measures Law, the implementation plan was decided on by the Cabinet and the implementation guidelines were approved by the Prime Minister yesterday. On the basis of these decisions, at 12:00 p.m. today, the Defense Minister issued an order to the Commander of the Self-Defense Fleet of the MSDF to organize a dispatch unit to engage in and implement supply support activities.
Departure of SDF Units for Replenishment Operations (January 24-25, 2008)▼OPEN
Departure of SDF Units for Replenishment Operations
SDF units departed from ports as shown below to engage in replenishment operations based on the Replenishment Support Special Measures Law.
1. Ships Dispatched, Sailing Date, Port of Departure
(1) Support Ship Oumi, January 25 (Friday), 2008, JMSDF Sasebo Base
(2) Escort Ship Murasame, January 24 (Thursday), 2008, JMSDF Yokosuka Base
2. Commander and Captains
(1) Seiji Saeki, Captain, JMSDF, Commander, Escort Flotilla 1
(2) Daisuke Goto, Captain, JMSDF, Commanding Officer, Support Ship Oumi
(3) Yutaka Ozawa, Commander, JMSDF, Commanding Officer, Escort Ship Murasame
3. Number of Personnel
(1) Support Ship Oumi: approximately 150
(2) Escort Ship Murasame: approximately 190
Total: approximately 340
(This is provisional translation of the order by the Defense Minister for reference purpose only.)
The Escort ship Murasame is departing from JMSDF Yokosuka Base (24 January, 2008)
Defense Minister Ishiba makes remarks on instructions to JMSDF personnel to be dispatched at Yokosuka Base (24 January, 2008)
Scenes of departure events at Yokosuka Base(24 January, 2008)
The Support ship Oumi is departing from JMSDF Sasebo Base(25 January, 2008)
Scenes of departure events at Sasebo Base(25 January, 2008)