INS Kadmatt, on a Long Range Operational Deployment to North Pacific Ocean entered Yokosuka, Japan on 02 Dec 2023 for an Operational Turnaround OTR. Onboard visits including professional interactions and community welfare activities are planned during the stay. Interactions with Japan Maritime Self Defence Force JMSDF will include cross-ship visits, professional exchange of ideas, Joint Yoga Camp, and coordination meeting for Maritime Partnership Exercise MPX. At Yokosuka, the ship will be celebrating Navy Day 23 on 04 Dec 2023 in presence of Indian diaspora. Recently, INS Kadmatt has also undertaken fuelling with JMSDF Fast Combat Support Ship, JSTowada on 28 Nov 2023, off Okinawa, under the tenets of the Reciprocal Provisioning of Supply and Services (RPSS) signed between both navies. The visit of INS Kadmatt to Japan and interaction with JMSDF is aimed at further bolstering maritime cooperation between India and Japan, in line with vision of both countries for Indo-Pacific.
