U.S. naval ship visits Okinawan civilian port

U.S. naval ship visits Okinawan civilian port

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Lt. Cmdr. Andria Slough, captain of the minesweeper Defender of the U.S. Navy, speaks at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2010, after arriving in the southern Japan region. Slough said the visit, made despite local opposition to the use of a civilian harbor by a U.S. warship, was aimed at deepening the two countries' friendship.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001151957
  • Registered date
  • 2010/9/21 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2010 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1303 × 1670 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 604.35(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

    U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

    Commanding Officer Stephen Szachta of the U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta speaks to the press on board the ship on March 11, 2024, as it makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.
      U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

      U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

      The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.
        U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

        U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

        The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.
          Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

          Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

          People stage a protest on Sept. 7, 2023, in front of a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa against the presence of U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.
            U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

            U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

            U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer enters a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 7, 2023, amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.
              Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

              Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

              People stage a protest on Sept. 7, 2023, in front of a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa against the presence of U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.
                Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

                Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

                U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer enters a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 7, 2023, with protesters staging a rally amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.
                  CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

                  CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

                  Photo taken on April 8, 2023, at Shimojishima airport on Japan's Shimoji Island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, shows two U.S. military F-16 fighter jets that made emergency landings earlier in the day. One of the planes developed an engine problem over waters about 60 kilometers south of Okinawa's Miyako Island, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.
                    CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

                    CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

                    Photo taken on April 8, 2023, at Shimojishima airport on Japan's Shimojishima Island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, shows one of two U.S. military F-16 fighter jets that made emergency landings earlier in the day. One of the planes developed an engine problem over waters about 60 kilometers south of Okinawa's Miyako Island, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.
                      Lt. Gen. Glueck on Osprey deployment

                      Lt. Gen. Glueck on Osprey deployment

                      NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, commanding general of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 21, 2012. Glueck said U.S. MV-22 Osprey military aircraft will be deployed in Okinawa "sometime after" Sept. 9.