Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian (C), vice chief of staff of the South China Sea Fleet of the People’s Liberation Army Navy, receives fl owers from a Japanese woman at a welcome ceremony for China’s navy missile destroyer “Shenzhen” in Tokyo yesterday. The warship arrived in the Japanese capital yesterday on a four-day goodwill visit to Japan. It’s the fi rst time for PLA vessels to visit Japan. .Xiao Xinnian (front) walks down the vessel after arriving in Tokyo.