Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

U.S. to remove PCB-containing equipment from Japan bases

U.S. to remove PCB-containing equipment from Japan bases

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 28 shows cans of equipment containing polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) stored at a U.S. military base in Okinawa. The U.S. military will transfer about 3,000 tons of equipment containing PCB from 13 of its locations in Japan back to the United States.

Philippine agents seize missing aluminum ingots

Philippine agents seize missing aluminum ingots

MANILA, Philippines - Photo shows aluminum ingots seized by the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from a warehouse in Pasig City. NBI said May 17 the ingots are from a missing 3,000 tons of metal stolen from a ship sailing from Malaysia to Japan last October.

MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

MSDF's new submarine

MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

MSDF's new submarine

MSDF's new submarine

A launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei is held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.

MSDF's new submarine

MSDF's new submarine

Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada attends a launch ceremony for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new submarine Jingei at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Kobe, western Japan, on Oct. 12, 2022. The Taigei-class submarine with a standard displacement of 3,000 tons is scheduled to go into service in March 2024.