UK carrier to arrive in Japan's Yokosuka on Saturday

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British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will arrive at Japan's Yokosuka naval base on Sept. 4 as part of its maiden operational deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. (Photo courtesy of the Royal Navy)

JUNNOSUKE KOBARA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will make a port call from Saturday to Thursday at a U.S. naval base in Japan's Yokosuka, Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced Friday.

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