In Tsurumi-ki, Yokohama, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force put its fourth and last Awaji-class minesweeping ship into service. Following its delivery by Japan Marine United Corporation, situated in Kanagawa, which started building the platform in 2021, a ceremony was performed for the JS N?mi (MSO-307).N?mi Island in Hiroshima Prefecture served as the inspiration for the system’s name. After the navy’s Mikura-class escort ship in 1944, it was the second Japanese military vehicle to be designated.
