Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

Japan set narrow territorial waters along straits for U.S. nukes

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by the Maritime Self-Defense Force in May 2000 shows an intelligence-gathering vessel of the Chinese navy (front) sailing in Japanese territorial waters near the Shimokita Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, while the Japanese escort vessel Sawayuki of the MSDF monitors the Chinese ship. (Photo courtesy of the Maritime Self-Defense Force) (Kyodo)

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000042907
  • Registered date
  • 2009/6/21 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • Media size
  • 1889 × 1233 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 808.03(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    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.
      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.
        Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

        Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

        Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the area around where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima sank off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after catching fire.
          Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

          Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

          Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the area around where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima sank off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after catching fire.

            [Breaking News]Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

            SAITAMA, Japan, Nov. 9 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo)
              Japan defense chief at MSDF's Yokosuka base

              Japan defense chief at MSDF's Yokosuka base

              Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front, L) visits the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Mogami at the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2024.
                Japan defense chief visits S. Korean warship

                Japan defense chief visits S. Korean warship

                Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) addresses a welcoming ceremony for a South Korean naval vessel's port call at a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2024.
                  Japan defense chief visits S. Korean warship

                  Japan defense chief visits S. Korean warship

                  Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani addresses a welcoming ceremony for a South Korean naval vessel's port call at a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2024.
                    Japan defense chief at MSDF's Yokosuka base

                    Japan defense chief at MSDF's Yokosuka base

                    Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (C) meets the press at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Nov. 7, 2024.
                      U.S. amphibious transport dock ship San Diego

                      U.S. amphibious transport dock ship San Diego

                      Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows the interior of the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship San Diego at a U.S. Navy base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. The U.S. Navy unveiled the ship to the media a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise, with a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade boat seen in the picture.