Coast guard ship Amami returning to Kagoshima

Coast guard ship Amami returning to Kagoshima

KASARI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard's patrol ship Amami is peppered with bullet holes as it sails 185 kilometers northwest of the island of Amami-Oshima on Dec. 23 to return to Kagoshima port. Two crew members were injured in shoot-out on Dec. 22 with an unidentified ship believed to be from North Korea.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001087440
  • Registered date
  • 2001/12/23 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2001 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 2432 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 1.17(MB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Dutch passenger ship in Amami

    Dutch passenger ship in Amami

    AMAMI, Japan - The Dutch-registered luxurious passenger ship Zaandam called at port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on April 13, 2012. The vessel on a tour from Kobe has visited Nagasaki, Taiwan, Okinawa and Amami before returning to Kobe.
      Boat capsizes in East China Sea

      Boat capsizes in East China Sea

      AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.
        Boat capsizes in East China Sea

        Boat capsizes in East China Sea

        AMAMI, Japan - At Naze port on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of March 24, 2012, officials of the Japan Coast Guard carry a fisherman who was rescued the previous night with another crew member after their boat capsized off the island in the East China Sea. Two more fishermen were saved on the following morning, but two others remain missing.
          Chinese fishing boat brought to Nagasaki

          Chinese fishing boat brought to Nagasaki

          NAGASAKI, Japan - Photo shows crew members of a Chinese fishing boat and Japan Coast Guard officers (wearing helmet) as the boat arrived at Nagasaki port in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 7, 2011, after it was seized by a coast guard patrol vessel. The skipper of the Chinese boat was arrested the previous day after he refused an inspection while sailing in Japanese territorial waters off the southwestern Japan prefecture, according to coast guard officials.
            Chinese navy ships around Miyako Island

            Chinese navy ships around Miyako Island

            MIYAKO ISLAND, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows crew members of an intelligence gathering ship of the Chinese navy pointing cameras at the helicopter in waters about 120 kilometers northeast of Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, at 3:40 p.m. on June 22, 2011.
              Crew members rescued from stranded freighter

              Crew members rescued from stranded freighter

              IWAKI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel rescue crew members of the stranded Panamanian-registered cargo ship Sea Ace at a beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2010.
                Crew members rescued from stranded freighter

                Crew members rescued from stranded freighter

                IWAKI, Japan - Crew members of the Panamanian-registered cargo ship Sea Ace are rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter after the vessel was stranded on a beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 22, 2010.
                  Japanese survey ship joins Japan-S. Korea radioactivity survey

                  Japanese survey ship joins Japan-S. Korea radioactivity survey

                  KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard survey ship Kaiyo heads out to sea from Moji port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture on Sept. 11 to take part in a joint Japan-South Korea radioactivity survey mission in the southwestern region of the Sea of Japan, including waters close to the disputed Takeshima island, or Dokdo in Korean. The mission, which will last until Sept. 18, is intended to study possible impact of radioactive wastes dumped by the former Soviet Union and Russia.
                    Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

                    Human jawbone found on N. Korean spy ship on display

                    TOKYO, Japan - An object that appears to be part of a lower human jawbone was found on the salvaged North Korean spy ship on display at a Tokyo museum and may have belonged to one of the crewmembers, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said on Dec. 17. The item was found by a staff member who was doing anticorrosion work on the ship that sank just about two years ago in the East China Sea off Japan after a shoot-out with JCG patrol vessels.
                      (1)Japan Coast Guard conducts drills for Mangyongbong-92

                      (1)Japan Coast Guard conducts drills for Mangyongbong-92

                      NIIGATA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard members are seen at Niigata port on the Sea of Japan coast on Aug. 23 after conducting drills for security checks for the North Korean ferry Mangyongbong-92 which is scheduled to make a port call there on Aug. 25.