Japan's MSDF escorts U.S. Navy ship for 1st time under new security laws

Japan's MSDF escorts U.S. Navy ship for 1st time under new security laws

The Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter carrier Izumo (rear), Japan's largest postwar naval vessel, and a U.S. Navy supply ship are pictured near Kozu Island, part of the Izu island chain off Tokyo on May 1, 2017. It marked the MSDF's first protection mission under Japan's new security legislation, with tensions running high in the region over North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

  • Product Code
  • ILEA000108199
  • Registered date
  • 2017/5/01 19:31:27
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2017 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 2806 × 3291 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 740.30(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Japan refuels U.S. missile defense ships under new security laws

    Japan refuels U.S. missile defense ships under new security laws

    A U.S. Aegis ship is refueled by a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler in this file photo taken on the Arabian Sea in March 2004 under special antiterrorism measures following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in 2001 on the United States. It was reported on Sept. 14, 2017, that Japan has refueled U.S. ships patrolling to counter North Korean missile launches under new security laws that took effect in 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      N. Korea fires missile over Japan

      N. Korea fires missile over Japan

      The Air-Self Defense Force practices deploying Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptors at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, western Japan, on Aug. 29, 2017, as North Korea fired a ballistic missile that fell into the Pacific Ocean off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Japan conducts missile interceptor drills at U.S. bases

        Japan conducts missile interceptor drills at U.S. bases

        Japan's Air Self-Defense Force practices deploying a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor at the U.S. Yokota Air Base in a Tokyo suburb on Aug. 29, 2017. The ASDF did the same at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture. North Korea fired a ballistic missile the same day that passed over the Japanese archipelago before falling into the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
          Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

          Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

          Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (R), chief of Japan's Self-Defense Force Joint Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, meet at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017, to discuss the recent increase in tensions over North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo
            Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

            Top U.S. military officer meets Abe, SDF top officer, discuss N. Korea

            Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano (R), chief of Japan's Self-Defense Force Joint Staff, and Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, shake hands at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2017, before discussing the recent increase in tensions over North Korea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo
              U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Yokosuka base

              U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Yokosuka base

              Families of crew members welcome the return of the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan at the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Aug. 9, 2017. The nuclear-powered ship came home following a three-month mission that included patrols and drills in the Sea of Japan amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile launches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Yokosuka base

                U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returns to Yokosuka base

                Photo taken Aug. 9, 2017, shows the U.S. aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returning to the U.S. Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. The nuclear-powered ship came home following a three-month mission that included patrols and drills in the Sea of Japan amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile launches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                  India, Japan, U.S. hold joint maritime drill

                  India, Japan, U.S. hold joint maritime drill

                  Senior officials of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. as well as Indian navies pose for photos on the U.S. aircraft carrier Nimitz during "Malabar" trilateral joint drills. The exercises began in 1992 as bilateral naval drills between India and the United States, with the MSDF joining in 2015 as a regular participant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                    U.S. carrier Ronald Reagan to be deployed in waters near Japan

                    U.S. carrier Ronald Reagan to be deployed in waters near Japan

                    The Ronald Reagan, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, leaves its home port of Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, on May 16, 2017, to be deployed in waters near Japan amid growing tensions in the wake of North Korea's repeated missile tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
                      U.S. carrier Ronald Reagan to be deployed in waters near Japan

                      U.S. carrier Ronald Reagan to be deployed in waters near Japan

                      Photo taken May 16, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Ronald Reagan, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, leaving its home port of Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, to be deployed in waters near Japan amid growing tensions in the wake of North Korea's repeated missile tests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo