Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Live-fire ground force drill near Mt. Fuji

GOTEMBA, Japan - An 89-type tank of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force fires an antitank shell during an annual live-fire demonstration at Higashi Fuji Maneuver Area near Mt. Fuji, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2010. About 2,400 GSFD members took part in the drill using around 44 tons of live ammunition as some 28,000 spectators looked on.

E

Live-fire ground force drill near Mt. Fuji

GOTEMBA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force member fires an antitank shell from an armored vehicle during an annual live-fire demonstration at Higashi Fuji Maneuver Area near Mt. Fuji, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2010. About 2,400 GSFD members took part in the drill using around 44 tons of live ammunition as some 28,000 spectators looked on.

E

Antitank missile fired accidentally in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - This August 2008 photo shows an antitank missile being fired during a review of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Shizuoka Prefecture. A weapon of the same model was erroneously fired during a check April 22, 2010, at the GSDF's Yoshii ammunition depot in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, but no one was injured.

E

Antitank missile fired accidentally in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - This photo shows a gate at the Yoshii ammunition depot of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on April 22, 2010. An antitank missile was erroneously fired during an equipment check in the camp the same day, but no one was injured.

E

GSDF chopper makes emergency landing in Chiba, no one hurt

CHIBA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force AH antitank helicopter stands on a golf course construction site in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, after making an emergency landing on May 9. GSDF officials said that a sign had turned on to warn of a metal object entering its engine.

E

(3)Police, U.S. Air Force begin defusing sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Citizens of Naha evacuate on Sept. 6 as Japanese police and the U.S. Air Force prepare to defuse four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant who died in a blast in Okinawa City on Aug. 31.

E

(2)Police, U.S. Air Force begin defusing sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Two officers of a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team prepare to defuse an unexploded rocket in Naha on Sept. 6. It is one of four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant who died in a blast in Okinawa City on Aug. 31.

E

(1)Police, U.S. Air Force defuse sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Officers from a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team head for the home of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant in Naha on Sept. 6 to defuse four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected with the sergeant who died on Aug. 31.

E

(2)Police, U.S. Air Force finish defusing rockets in Naha

NAHA, Japan - Two officers of a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team check one of two defused rockets in Naha on Sept. 6. It is one of four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force sergeant who died in a blast in the city of Okinawa on Aug. 31.

E

(1)Police, U.S. Air Force finish defusing rockets in Naha

NAHA, Japan - Two Japanese Self-Defense Forces men carry a box containing two defused rockets in Naha on Sept. 6. Japanese police and the U.S. Air Force finished defusing four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force sergeant who died in a blast in the city of Okinawa on Aug. 31.

E

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.

E

GSDF chopper makes emergency landing in Chiba, no one hurt

CHIBA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force AH antitank helicopter stands on a golf course construction site in Kimitsu, Chiba Prefecture, after making an emergency landing on May 9. GSDF officials said that a sign had turned on to warn of a metal object entering its engine. (Kyodo)

E

Live-fire ground force drill near Mt. Fuji

GOTEMBA, Japan - An 89-type tank of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force fires an antitank shell during an annual live-fire demonstration at Higashi Fuji Maneuver Area near Mt. Fuji, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2010. About 2,400 GSFD members took part in the drill using around 44 tons of live ammunition as some 28,000 spectators looked on. (Kyodo)

E

Live-fire ground force drill near Mt. Fuji

GOTEMBA, Japan - A Ground Self-Defense Force member fires an antitank shell from an armored vehicle during an annual live-fire demonstration at Higashi Fuji Maneuver Area near Mt. Fuji, southwest of Tokyo, on Aug. 29, 2010. About 2,400 GSFD members took part in the drill using around 44 tons of live ammunition as some 28,000 spectators looked on. (Kyodo)

E

Antitank missile fired accidentally in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - This August 2008 photo shows an antitank missile being fired during a review of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Shizuoka Prefecture. A weapon of the same model was erroneously fired during a check April 22, 2010, at the GSDF's Yoshii ammunition depot in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, but no one was injured. (Kyodo)

E

Antitank missile fired accidentally in Japan

MAEBASHI, Japan - This photo shows a gate at the Yoshii ammunition depot of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Gunma Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, on April 22, 2010. An antitank missile was erroneously fired during an equipment check in the camp the same day, but no one was injured. (Kyodo)

E

(2)Police, U.S. Air Force finish defusing rockets in Naha

NAHA, Japan - Two officers of a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team check one of two defused rockets in Naha on Sept. 6. It is one of four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force sergeant who died in a blast in the city of Okinawa on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

E

(1)Police, U.S. Air Force finish defusing rockets in Naha

NAHA, Japan - Two Japanese Self-Defense Forces men carry a box containing two defused rockets in Naha on Sept. 6. Japanese police and the U.S. Air Force finished defusing four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force sergeant who died in a blast in the city of Okinawa on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

E

(3)Police, U.S. Air Force begin defusing sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Citizens of Naha evacuate on Sept. 6 as Japanese police and the U.S. Air Force prepare to defuse four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant who died in a blast in Okinawa City on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

E

(2)Police, U.S. Air Force begin defusing sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Two officers of a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team prepare to defuse an unexploded rocket in Naha on Sept. 6. It is one of four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected to a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant who died in a blast in Okinawa City on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

E

(1)Police, U.S. Air Force defuse sergeant's rockets

NAHA, Japan - Officers from a U.S. Air Force explosives disposal team head for the home of a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) sergeant in Naha on Sept. 6 to defuse four U.S. antitank rockets found at locations connected with the sergeant who died on Aug. 31. (Kyodo)

E

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.