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Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...

. (JMSDF) It is the first major combat vessel in the JMSDF to have a female captain. On February 29, 2016

Miho Otani Captain Miho Otani (大谷三穂) (born May 28, 1971) is an officer in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was the first woman to become the captain of a naval training vessel and a destroyer. Otani was also a member of the first female ...

became the first woman to command a destroyer in active duty the service. She had previously commanded a training destroyer. As of 2016 the vessel had around 10 female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them.Demetriou, Daniell
Meet Japan's first female warship captain
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'' Retrieved February 22, 2017 Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.

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