Photos by JUN DUMAGUING |

[1] Filipino line handlers moor the JS Samidare, a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, upon arrival at the Alava Wharf in the Subic Bay Freeport on Friday morning (17 May) for a three-day goodwill visit.

[2] Japanese pilots look on as a Philippine Navy officer tries the controls inside the cockpit of a helicopter aboard the JS Samidare, a Murasame-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which arrived at the Alava Wharf in the Subic Bay Freeport on Friday morning (17 May) for a three-day goodwill visit.