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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy with aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 sail and fly in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine "Jingei"

KOBE, Japan, March 8 Kyodo - A ceremony to award a Self-Defense Forces flag to a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine is held at a shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture in western Japan on March 8, 2024. The submarine, "Jingei," will be deployed to the MSDF Yokosuka Base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched

STORY: Death toll climbs after Japan quake, self-defense forces dispatched SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1-2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:00 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "The death toll has been climbing after a series of powerful earthquakes hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity. A series of building collapses and fires left dozens of people dead in the most-hit Ishikawa prefecture. As more damage reports and information about people trapped continued to come in regarding other municipalities, injuries were reported in Niigata, Toyama, Fukui and Gifu prefectures due to collapsed or damaged buildings. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted ar

Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake

STORY: Death toll rises to 20 in powerful Japan quake SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of scenes of the earthquake STORYLINE: STANDUP: ZHANG YIYI, Xinhua correspondent "At least 20 people were confirmed dead in Ishikawa prefecture after a massive earthquake hit the area in central Japan and the vicinity, the national news agency Kyodo reported on Tuesday, citing local authorities. Calling the rescue of those impacted by the earthquakes a battle against time, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the government has already dispatched a number of self-defense force troops to the impacted areas and will continue to provide assistance. A series of strong earthquakes, with major ones of up to a preliminary 7.6 magnitude, hit on Monday at a shallow depth on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa prefecture. The Japan Meteorological Agency has officially named i

US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo dated February 11, 2020 shows soldiers from Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment load into an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft on the flight deck of Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) in the Pacific Ocean. A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Natalie M. Byers via ABACAPRESS.COM

Exercise Talisman Sabre Under Way In Australia

Handout photo dated July 23, 2023 shows A Japan Self-Defense Force CH-47 Chinook helicopter lands aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during flight operations in preparation for Talisman Sabre 23 in the Coral Sea. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado via ABACAPRESS.COM

Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade

STORY: Protesters rally against Japan's increasing arms trade DATELINE: March 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): People attending the rally 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network Against Japan Arms Trade 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Japanese): KIMIE NAKAMURA, Member of the Chiba City Assembly STORYLINE: Hundreds of Japanese gathered outside the venue of a military equipment fair near Tokyo on Wednesday to protest Japan's move to intensify its arms trade. The three-day event, or DSEI Japan 2023, kicked off Wednesday at the convention center of Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protestors "No war! No war preparation!" The crowd lay on the ground after the speech, in an attempt to oppose the trade of weapons in a country that boasts of "exclusive defense" using the "body language of death." SOUNDBITE 2 (Japanese): KOJI SUGIHARA, Representative of the Network A

Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara

STORY: Former Japanese PM Abe dies after being fatally shot in Nara DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the shooting scene 2. various of the hospital that received the former prime minister STORYLINE: Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) worker while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara. Abe, 67, died at 5:03 p.m. local time, the hospital that received the former prime minister said at a press conference in the afternoon. Abe, also former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot twice from behind at 11:30 a.m. local time by Tetsuya Yamagami, a former worker for the MSDF and resident of the western city while speaking in front of Kintetsu Railway's Yamato-Saidaiji Station, ahead of Sunday's upper house election, local police and firefighters said. The 41-year-old Yamagami, who worked for MSDF for t

Japan's former prime minister Abe dies after being shot at stump speech

STORY: Japan's former prime minister Abe dies after being shot at stump speech DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: STANDUP(English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondentvarious of people morning the death of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe STORYLINE: STANDUP(English): ZHANG XIAOYU, Xinhua correspondent "Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being fatally shot while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara." Abe, also former leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was shot twice during a speech. He was shot from behind by a former worker from the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF). He was later rushed to a hospital, and passed away there. The hospital said the cause of death was believed to be blood loss. The 41-year-old perpetrator was arrested at the scene for attempted murder and was quoted as telling police he intended to kill Abe as he was "dissatisfied" with the former

JAPAN-SHINZO ABE-GUNSHOT-DEATH

(220708) -- NARA, July 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A citizen mourns at the site where late former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot in Nara, Japan, July 8, 2022. Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was pronounced dead on Friday after being shot twice by an ex-Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) worker while he was delivering a speech in the western prefecture of Nara. Abe, 67, died at 5:03 p.m. local time, the hospital that received the former prime minister said at a press conference in the afternoon. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

Campers evacuate campground aboard GSDF helicopter

YAMAKITA, Japan - A group of campers are evacuating the campground in the rain-swollen Kurokura River with help of a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter in the town of Yamakita, Kanagawa Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 15. 13 campers are still missing in the prefecture.

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