Japan prepares anti-pirate naval deployment off Somalia

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Updated January 28, 2009 21:42:27

Japan is taking steps to join the ranks of a number of naval forces deployed in the Gulf of Aden to protect international trade vessels against pirates. Pirates in the Gulf of Aden made around US$30m in ransom money in 2008 by targeting among others a super oil tanker from Saudi Arabia and a trade vessel from Hong Kong.

Presenter: Zulfikar Abbany
Speaker: Yasukazu Hamada, Japanese Defence Minister; Dr Malcolm Cook, East Asia programme director, Lowy Institute, Sydney

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