The Japan Self Defense Force ship JS Shirane is underway during Rim of the Pacific 2012.

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (Jul. 10, 2012) The Japan Self Defense Force ship JS Shirane (DDH 143) is underway during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012. Twenty-two nations, 42 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise scheduled June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. RIMPAC is the world's largest international maritime exercise. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force photo by Photographer PO1 Takahiro Ito) File# 120710-O-ZZ999-007