Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Relatives see off family members standing in line on the deck of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14. The Sazanami and the destroyer Samidare left the base for an antipiracy mission off Somalia. (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000041612
  • Registered date
  • 2009/3/14 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 2688 × 1889 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.22(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

    GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

    The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.
      GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

      GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

      The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.
        GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

        GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

        The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.
          GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

          GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

          The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.
            Japanese SDF equipment

            Japanese SDF equipment

            File photo taken Nov. 17, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) landing on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.
              Japanese SDF equipment

              Japanese SDF equipment

              File photo taken Nov. 19, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) heading to Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.
                Atsugi air base

                Atsugi air base

                Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
                  Atsugi air base

                  Atsugi air base

                  Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
                    Atsugi air base

                    Atsugi air base

                    Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.
                      Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

                      Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

                      Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard divers preparing to search following the sinking of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, Ukushima, off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after it caught fire.