caption: In this June 26, 2019, photo, aircraft maintenance engineers prepare to stow away an SH-60K helicopter on the flight deck aboard Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier JS Izumo (DDH-183) along a sea route heading northward from Brunei towards Sulu Sea. One of Japan's largest warships, the helicopter carrier <PERSON>, is returning home from Subic port in the Philippines along with two destroyers following a powerful show of Tokyo's determination to expand its military presence and counter China's forays into strategic waters.
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