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The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force yesterday unveiled its biggest warship since World War II at a ceremony in Yokohama, south of Tokyo.The unveiling of the 248m-long flat-top destroyer dubbed "Izumo" comes as Japan and China are locked in a dispute over several small islands located between southern Japan and Taiwan. Get My Paper for more stories.

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