Pirates!

A Japanese tanker was hijacked by pirates off the cost of Somalia. War torn Somalia is becoming known for their pirates. There have been 31 attacks this year and one death. This is far worse than the ten attacks and one death last year. The pirates are still in control of the ship, but the US is monitoring the ship like a watchdog, the pirates probably will not get away with this one. Due to this, Japan has withdrawn from current plans of helping the US war effort at sea. This isnt the end of the world, and after this fiasco is over, Japan will likely contnue to help us.