Vice Admiral Robert Thomas (L), Commander U.S. Seventh Fleet, shakes hands with Vice Admiral Yasushi Matsushita, Commander Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), as they attend a joint news conference on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter destroyer DDH181 Hyuga, as the USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) is seen in the background, in Tokyo September 2, 2013. The USS Blue Ridge, deployed in Yokosuka, made a bilateral goodwill port visit to Harumi Pier in Tokyo on Monday, according to the U.S. Naval Forces Public Affairs Office. REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: MILITARY POLITICS)