sentences:  During that time, she participated in local operations in Japanese waters, as well as voyages to Korea and Okinawa for exercises.She conducted joint minesweeping operations and exercises with units of the Japanese, Republic of Korea, and Taiwan navies, and visited ports such as Kobe, Yokosuka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Aburatsu, Beppu, Kochi, Tsushima, and Maisuru, Japan; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Hong Kong; Buckner Bay; Subic Bay, Philippines; and Pohang and Koje Do, Korea.Interspersed with her active training evolutions, the minesweeper underwent routine periods of upkeep and alterations and repairs at her home port of Sasebo.