JAPAN: FIFTEEN FEMALE NAVAL OFFICERS FROM THE MARTIME SELF DEFENCE FORCE (MSDF) EMBARK ON FIRST LONG-DISTANCE TRAINING TRIP

Record ID: 230449

  • Title: JAPAN: FIFTEEN FEMALE NAVAL OFFICERS FROM THE MARTIME SELF DEFENCE FORCE (MSDF) EMBARK ON FIRST LONG-DISTANCE TRAINING TRIP
  • Date: 22nd May 1995
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MAY 22, 1995) - RTV - AVAILABLE ALL 1. WV NEWLY GRADUATED NAVAL OFFICERS LINED UP IN FRONT OF TRAINING VESSEL "KASHIMA" 0.05 2. CU FEMALE OFFICERS SALUTING 0.09 3. GV FEMALE OFFICERS PRESENT FLOWERS TO SENIOR OFFICERS 0.16 4. GVS MALE OFFICERS IN MARCH PAST (3 SHOTS) 0.29 5. GV SENIOR OFFICERS SEATED 0.31 6. GV FEMALE OFFICERS MARCHING AND SALUTING 0.41 7. GV FEMALE OFFICERS MARCH UP GANGWAY ONTO "KASHIMA" 0.48 8. CU WOMAN WAVING FAREWELL 0.52 9. GV FEMALE OFFICERS LINED UP ON THE DECK OF "KASHIMA" UNDER JAPANESE FLAG 0.55 10. CU CHILD WAVING AT THE VESSEL 0.58 11. GV FEMALE OFFICERS ON BOARD "KASHIMA" WAVING HATS AS VESSEL LEAVES 1.02 12. GV RELATIVES ON DOCKSIDE WAVING AS "KASHIMA" SAILS PAST 1.06 13. WV "KASHIMA" HEADING OUT TO SEA 1.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 6th June 1995 13:00
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  • Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
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  • Country: Japan
  • Reuters ID: LVAED7YRF3L50GMS51AROLLFQ778
  • Story Text: Fifteen female officers of Japan's Maritime Self-Defence Force (MSDF) on Monday (May 22) embarked for the first time aboard a long-distance training vessel together with their male colleagues.

    The brand-new 4,050-ton vessel "Kashima" will make a world cruise with the women and 126 male colleagues who have just graduated from an MSDF school for senior officer candidates. They will study navigation and other basic skills during the trip.

    The MSDF has decided to accept female crew members aboard its vessel, except some warships, due to a chronic lack of personnel.

    However, training has posed a problem in the past as previous training vessels did not have cabins for female officers until "Kashima".

    The ship will return October 26.


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