11.   A senior officer of the Japanese navy personally apologized Thursday to the wife of an American pilot whose warplane was accidentally shot down by a Japanese destroyer.

12.   He also spoke to the crew of the frigate USS Rodney M. Davis and paid a courtesy call to sailors aboard a Japanese destroyer.

13.   Japanese destroyers fired warning shots Wednesday at two unidentified ships that intruded into Japanese waters and then fled north into the Sea of Japan despite repeated orders to stop.

14.   Kawasaki Heavy Industries has produced engines for Japanese destroyers under an agreement with Rolls-Royce.

15.   Last month, Japanese naval destroyers fired on a pair of suspected spy ships, which Japan later claimed were North Korean.

16.   Three Japanese destroyers and two South Korean navy vessels participated.

17.   Two Japanese destroyers and a supply ship have been in the Indian Ocean transporting fuel and other supplies to U.S. and British military vessels.

18.   Two Russian warships and two helicopters will take part in exercises with two Japanese destroyers, a training ship and five aircraft, the report said.

19.   Two other Japanese destroyers and one supply ship are currently in the Indian Ocean to assist the ongoing U.S. military campaign.

20.   A Japanese destroyer accidentally shot down a US attack aircraft during multinational exercises in the Western Pacific north of the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, military officials said.