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80th anniversary of Japan's WWII surrender

Adm. Samuel Paparo, chief of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, makes a speech during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the signing of the document marking Japan's surrender in World War II, held on the pier next to the battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sept. 2, 2025. The signing took place on the deck of Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, with Gen. Douglas MacArthur, supreme commander of the Allied Powers, in attendance.

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Top uniformed officers of S. Korea, U.S., Japan meet in Seoul

Adm. Kim Myung Soo (C), chief of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, shakes hands with his U.S. and Japanese counterparts, Gen. Dan Caine (L) and Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida, during a meeting in Seoul on July 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue, Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue (C), Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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83rd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Adm. Steve Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, speaks at a ceremony at a park facing Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2024, commemorating the 83rd anniversary of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base there.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani meets U.S. Navy Adm. Paparo

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) holds talks with U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. military's Indo-Pacific Command, at his ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2024.

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German ships at Tokyo port

German navy commander Rear Adm. Axel Schulz (front) speaks during a welcome event for the frigate Baden-Wurttemberg and replenishment ship Frankfurt am Main making a port call at the Tokyo International Cruise Terminal in the Japanese capital on Aug. 20, 2024.

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[Breaking News]New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

TOKYO, Japan, July 23 Kyodo -New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 23, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (front C) attends his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (front C) attends his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (front C) attends his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (front) attends his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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New Japan MSDF chief of staff Saito

New Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force chief of staff Adm. Akira Saito (R) shakes hands with his predecessor Ryo Sakai following his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 19, 2024.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty. (Kyodo)

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, apologizes during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats were disciplined by the ministry in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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218 SDF members, defense bureaucrats disciplined over scandals

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 12, 2024, after the ministry disciplined 218 Self-Defense Forces members and senior bureaucrats in connection with a spate of issues including the mishandling of classified information.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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MSDF chief on scandal involving members

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, after MSDF members were suspected of fraudulently receiving allowances for diving training and duty.

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New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander

The new commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Rear Adm. Ian Johnson, speaks at a change of command ceremony on June 26, 2024, at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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MSDF chief of staff Sakai

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, after the Defense Ministry declared dead seven crewmen listed as missing following a collision between two Japanese MSDF patrol helicopters during a night drill in the Pacific Ocean in April.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 29, 2024.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander

Photo taken on May 29, 2024, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo shows U.S. Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. the Indo-Pacific Command.

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King Felipe Visits NATO's IED Center of Excellence - Madrid

Adm. Gen. and Chief of Staff Teodoro Esteban Lopez Calderon (1l) greets King Felipe VI (1r) upon his arrival for a visit to the NATO Improvised Explosive Devices Center of Excellence facility in Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid, Spain, April 29, 2024. The King visited the Center of Excellence against Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED CoE), one of the 29 NATO Accredited Centers of Excellence. Among its missions is to provide support to NATO, NATO partners and the international community by developing and conducting various training and specialization courses in the fight against improvised explosive devices systems. Photo by A. Perez Meca/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

TOKYO, Japan, April 23 Kyodo - Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20. (Kyodo)

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on April 23, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on April 21, 2024, after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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Lloyd Austin Visits Kuwait And Bahrain

Handout photo shows Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command in Bahrain, Dec 17, 2023 on a trip to the U.S. Central Command AOR. While in the region Austin will visit Kuwait, Israel and Qatar. DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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82nd anniversary of Pearl Harbor attack

Adm. John Aquilino, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks at a ceremony at a park facing Hawaii's Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 2023, commemorating the 82nd anniversary of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base there.

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated October 28, 2023 shows the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group transits the Strait of Gibraltar. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Merissa Daley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in formation with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) during a photo exercise. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the U.S. effort to keep the conflict from spreading. U.S. Navy photo by Mas

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 23, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterran

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U.S. Sixth Fleet Conducts Dual-Carrier Operations In Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Handout photo dated November 3, 2023 shows ships from the Gerald R. Ford and Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Groups (CSG), U.S. Sixth Fleet command ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), and Italian Navy frigates Carlo Margottini (F 592) and Virginio Fasan (F 591) sail in formation in the Mediterranean Sea. For the first time in decades, two U.S. aircraft carriers sailed together in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, U.S. 6th fleet announced Friday. “Operating dual carrier strike groups alongside Allies and Partners in a dynamic environment demonstrates our capability and capacity to respond with agility decisively to any contingency,” Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, commander of the U.S. 6th Fleet said in a Friday statement. “Our presence sends a clear signal about our commitment to deter aggression and promote stability throughout the region.” Shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in southern Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin extended Ford’s deployment and shifted the strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean as pa

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2023.

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U.S. Indo-Pacific Commander in Japan

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Adm. John Aquilino hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2023.

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Exercise Malabar joint naval drills

Vice Adm. Akira Saito (far L), commander-in-chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Self-Defense Fleet, talks with commanders from U.S., Indian and Australian naval forces before the annual "Exercise Malabar" joint drills begin on Aug. 10, 2023, in Sydney.

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 1, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, answers questions at a local media press conference during the exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 pre-sail conference in Klaipeda, Lithuania. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, reviews the recruit ceremonial honor guard during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Illinois. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM