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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo gets set to dock at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo gets set to dock at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo makes a port call at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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Japan: M6.6 Earthquake Strikes Off Western Shikoku Coast 2

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Japan on Wednesday night, April 17 with the epicenter in the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and Kyushu islands. Shaking was felt in wide areas across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency later upgraded the quake to 6.6 magnitude. The video, filmed in Uwajima, Ehime, shows people coming out of buildings during an aftershock five minutes after the main jolt. Screams can also be heard.

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Japan: M6.6 Earthquake Strikes Off Western Shikoku Coast

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck western Japan on Wednesday night, April 17 with the epicenter in the Bungo Channel, a strait separating Shikoku and Kyushu islands. Shaking was felt in wide areas across the region. The Japan Meteorological Agency later upgraded the quake to 6.6 magnitude. This video shows lanterns at a ramen shop swaying in Oita, Kyushu.

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Ochiai, Chunichi agree on 2-year contract extension

NAGOYA, Japan - Manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (L), who led the Chunichi Dragons to their second Central League championship in three years in charge, agreed with club owner Bungo Shirai (R) on a two-year contract extension in Nagoya on Oct. 30.

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Chunichi to keep Yamada for next season

NAGOYA,Japan - Hisashi Yamada (R) shakes hands with Chunichi Dragons owner Bungo Shirai on Oct. 15 after being retained as club manager next season. Chunichi finished the season third in the Central League standings.

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3 MSDF ships leave for Turkey with prefab shelters

KOBE, Japan - The transport ship Osumi (C), the combat support ship Tokiwa and the minesweeper support ship Bungo of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leave Kobe port on the afternoon of Sept. 23 for Turkey, carrying 500 prefabricated houses for people who lost their homes in a killer earthquake. The quake hit northwestern Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people and leaving many more homeless.

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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 mine countermeasure vessel Bungo taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022.

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Ochiai, Chunichi agree on 2-year contract extension

NAGOYA, Japan - Manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (L), who led the Chunichi Dragons to their second Central League championship in three years in charge, agreed with club owner Bungo Shirai (R) on a two-year contract extension in Nagoya on Oct. 30. (Kyodo)

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THE WOMBLES (UK TV SERIES 1970s) back row left-right: Great

THE WOMBLES back row left-right: Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet, Tobermory front row: Wellington, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk

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THE WOMBLES (UK TV SERIES 1970s) back row left-right: Great

THE WOMBLES back row left-right: Great Uncle Bulgaria, Madame Cholet, Tobermory front row: Wellington, Orinoco, Bungo, Tomsk

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Chunichi to keep Yamada for next season

NAGOYA,Japan - Hisashi Yamada (R) shakes hands with Chunichi Dragons owner Bungo Shirai on Oct. 15 after being retained as club manager next season. Chunichi finished the season third in the Central League standings. (Kyodo)

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3 MSDF ships leave for Turkey with prefab shelters

KOBE, Japan - The transport ship Osumi (C), the combat support ship Tokiwa and the minesweeper support ship Bungo of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leave Kobe port on the afternoon of Sept. 23 for Turkey, carrying 500 prefabricated houses for people who lost their homes in a killer earthquake. The quake hit northwestern Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people and leaving many more homeless.