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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, at a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel, in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands, was shown to reporters.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atago, a destroyer equipped with the Aegis missile interceptor system, off a U.S. Navy base in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2013. The vessel was in California to take part in a drill designed to practice recapturing control of remote islands.

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Destroyer-boat collision case

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows the stern of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front), after a collision with the Aegis destroyer Atago (back) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the Pacific just outside Tokyo Bay in February 2008. Seen in the middle is a patrol boat of the Japan Coast Guard. The Tokyo High Court upheld on June 11, 2013, a lower court acquittal of two MSDF sailors over the collision that killed two fishermen.

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SDF sailors acquitted over fatal destroyer collision

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2008 shows the fishing boat Seitoku Maru (front) after it collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago (back), with a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat in between the two vessels, in the Pacific Ocean off Chiba Prefecture. Two MSDF officers were acquitted by the Yokohama District Court on May 11, 2011, over the collision that killed two fishermen.

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Report blames MSDF officers for fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada announces disciplinary action against 38 crew members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago over its fatal crash with a fishing boat last year during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on May 22.

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the bow (in front) of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifting in the Pacific off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19, 2008, after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. The Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal on Jan. 22 determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision.

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Destroyer primary cause of collision with boat: tribunal

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R), then the skipper of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, and others involved in the case of a fatal collision between the destroyer and fishing boat Seitoku Maru in February last year attend a Yokohama Marine Accident Tribunal session on Jan. 22. The tribunal determined that the destroyer was the main cause of the collision off Chiba Prefecture.

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R in front), former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Pool photo)

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato, former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision.

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Coast Guard to reenact collision of Atago, fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago sails off Cape Nojimazaki, the southernmost tip of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, on April 16 as the Japan Coast Guard reenacts a collision between the Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru on Feb. 19.

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Deep-sea probe to join in the search for 2 missing fishermen

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Technicians prepare an unmanned deep-sea probe for launch Feb. 22 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The probe will help in the search for two fishermen missing since their fishing boat was severed at midsection in a collision with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19.

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing) meets with fishery workers at an office of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 21 to brief them on the collision between the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the boat belonging to the cooperative went missing after the collision on Feb. 19. (Pool photo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) bows in apology to Eitaro Geki (L), head of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, at the cooperative's offices there on Feb. 21. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the 7.3-ton tuna fishing boat Seitoku Maru belonging to the cooperative went missing Feb. 19 after the boat collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Atago. (Pool photo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials prepare to go on board the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago berthed at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21 for investigations into the Feb. 18 collision between the Aegis advanced defense system-equipped vessel and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific just off the coast of Chiba Prefecture.

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials check the wreckage of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru, cut in half in a collision with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The stern section of the Japanese fishing boat Seitoku Maru is landed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. The boat was cut completely in half in a collision with the MSDF destroyer Atago on Feb. 18. Japan Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems.

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20.

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing.

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20.

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20.

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Aegis destroyer examined by marine accident inquiry officials

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Marine Accident Inquiry Agency officials examine the Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Atago alongside the quay at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 19 after the destroyer collided with a small fishing boat earlier in the day in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture. The boat capsized, leaving its two crew members missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The stern of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The bow of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 19 after Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision.

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Agency's destroyer Atago is spotted in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision.

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Japan's 5th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Crewmembers go on board Japan's fifth Aegis destroyer, the Atago, which was delivered to the Maritime Self-Defense Force at a dockyard in Nagasaki on March 15. Manned by a crew of about 300, the Atago will be home-ported at Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side.

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Japan MSDF vessel

Photo taken by a Kyodo News reporter on board a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter shows the MSDF destroyer Atago taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Japan's 5th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Crewmembers go on board Japan's fifth Aegis destroyer, the Atago, which was delivered to the Maritime Self-Defense Force at a dockyard in Nagasaki on March 15. Manned by a crew of about 300, the Atago will be home-ported at Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side. (Kyodo)

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Report blames MSDF officers for fatal collision

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada announces disciplinary action against 38 crew members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago over its fatal crash with a fishing boat last year during a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on May 22. (Kyodo)

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato (R in front), former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Inquiry for Aegis destroyer's collision with fishing boat starts

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ken Funato, former captain of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago, attends the first session of the inquiry at the Yokohama Marine Accident Inquiry Agency over the destroyer's fatal collision with a small fishing boat, Seitoku Maru, off Chiba Prefecture in February. Two fishermen on the fishing boat were killed in the collision. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard to reenact collision of Atago, fishing boat

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Atago sails off Cape Nojimazaki, the southernmost tip of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, on April 16 as the Japan Coast Guard reenacts a collision between the Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Deep-sea probe to join in the search for 2 missing fishermen

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Technicians prepare an unmanned deep-sea probe for launch Feb. 22 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The probe will help in the search for two fishermen missing since their fishing boat was severed at midsection in a collision with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19. (Kyodo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) bows in apology to Eitaro Geki (L), head of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, at the cooperative's offices there on Feb. 21. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the 7.3-ton tuna fishing boat Seitoku Maru belonging to the cooperative went missing Feb. 19 after the boat collided with the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped destroyer Atago. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Defense chief Ishiba apologizes in missing fishermen's hometown

KATSUURA, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (standing) meets with fishery workers at an office of a local fisheries cooperative in Katsuura, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 21 to brief them on the collision between the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. Two fishermen -- a father and son -- aboard the boat belonging to the cooperative went missing after the collision on Feb. 19. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials prepare to go on board the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago berthed at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21 for investigations into the Feb. 18 collision between the Aegis advanced defense system-equipped vessel and the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific just off the coast of Chiba Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The stern section of the Japanese fishing boat Seitoku Maru is landed at the Maritime Self-Defense Force Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. The boat was cut completely in half in a collision with the MSDF destroyer Atago on Feb. 18. Japan Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TATEYAMA, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru which collided with the Japanese destroyer Atago off Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 are lifted to the deck of a support vessel on Feb. 20. Coast Guard investigators will examine the wreckage to help determine the cause of the accident. Two fishermen -- father and son -- on board the Setoku Maru remain missing. (Kyodo)

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Fishing boat wreckage recovered

TOKYO, Japan - The two broken halves of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru are lifted onto a salvage barge in the Pacific off Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture, on Feb. 20 a day after it collided with Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago, which is equipped with high-tech Aegis radar systems. (Kyodo)

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Suspicion raised over apparent inaction by destroyer before coll

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard officials check the wreckage of the fishing boat Seitoku Maru, cut in half in a collision with the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago, at the MSDF Yokosuka Base, south of Tokyo, on Feb. 21. Coast Guard investigators suspect that the Atago could have neglected to take action to avoid the collision when it had a sufficient margin of time as provided for under the Law for Preventing Collisions at Sea. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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Aegis destroyer examined by marine accident inquiry officials

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Marine Accident Inquiry Agency officials examine the Maritime Self-Defense Force Aegis destroyer Atago alongside the quay at the MSDF's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 19 after the destroyer collided with a small fishing boat earlier in the day in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba Prefecture. The boat capsized, leaving its two crew members missing. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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Coast Guard divers examine destroyer involved in collision

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers examine the bow of the Japanese destroyer Atago at the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 20. The warship was involved in a collision with a small fishing boat on Feb. 19, leaving two fishermen missing. The Japan Coast Guard continued searching for the pair in the Pacific off the Chiba coast Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a news conference at the Defense Agency in Tokyo on Feb. 19 after Maritime Self-Defense Force's destroyer Atago collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The bow of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - The stern of the 15-meter long fishing boat Seitoku Maru drifts in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it split in two following the collision with Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Atago equipped with the high-tech Aegis defense system. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing. (Kyodo)

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Japan destroyer collides with fishing boat, 2 fishermen missing

TOKYO, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Agency's destroyer Atago is spotted in the Pacific off Nojimazaki Cape in Chiba Prefecture on Feb. 19 after it collided with the fishing boat Seitoku Maru. The two crewmembers on the fishing boat went missing after the collision. (Kyodo)