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MSDF destroyer port call in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, June 23 Kyodo - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter-carrying destroyer Ise visits a port in Manila on June 21, 2025. (Kyodo)

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MSDF destroyer port call in Manila

The Philippine Navy's band welcomes Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter-carrying destroyer Ise at it makes a port call in Manila on June 21, 2025.

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MSDF destroyer port call in Manila

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter-carrying destroyer Ise visits a port in Manila on June 21, 2025.

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Japan's 1st 'helicopter carrier' opened to public

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Spectators admire the Maritime Self-Defense Force's first helicopter-carrying destroyer Hyuga at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The ship was opened to the public for the first time since it was deployed to the base.

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Japan, U.S. drill involving recapture of island

SAN DIEGO, United States - Photo using a fisheye lens shows an elevator and hangar of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, 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 using a fisheye lens shows the air control room of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, 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 a conference involving officers of Japan's Self-Defense Forces inside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, 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 a conference involving officers of Japan's Self-Defense Forces inside the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Hyuga, a helicopter-carrying destroyer, 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 deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Chokai, an Aegis destroyer carrying an SM-3 missile interceptor, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer with an eye-catching flight deck at a shipyard in Yokohama on March 18. MSDF commissioned the destroyer the same day, amid concerns about its resemblance to a light aircraft carrier.

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer with an eye-catching flight deck at a shipyard in Yokohama on March 18. MSDF commissioned the destroyer the same day, amid concerns about its resemblance to a light aircraft carrier.

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Women personnel board the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer, in a ceremony for the vessel to be commissioned at a shipyard in Yokohama March 18. The Hyuga has women officers and sailors on board a destroyer for the first time since the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces in 1954.

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(1)Destroyer, plane leave for Sumatra to help tsunami victims

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front), carrying a crew of 330, leaves Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 14 to take part in the ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia's northern Sumatra Island.

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Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - What appear to be missiles are loaded on the U.S. guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 14. The loading was conducted amid watchful security and done by crane from an anchoring site at the base that stores supplies such as ammunition and fuel. The Curtis Wilbur is capable of carrying 90 antiaircraft, air-launched cruise and antisubmarine missiles.

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer with an eye-catching flight deck at a shipyard in Yokohama on March 18. MSDF commissioned the destroyer the same day, amid concerns about its resemblance to a light aircraft carrier. (Kyodo)

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Women personnel board the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer, in a ceremony for the vessel to be commissioned at a shipyard in Yokohama March 18. The Hyuga has women officers and sailors on board a destroyer for the first time since the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces in 1954. (Kyodo)

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Japan's largest 'helicopter carrier' commissioned amid concerns

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the Hyuga, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest helicopter-carrying destroyer with an eye-catching flight deck at a shipyard in Yokohama on March 18. MSDF commissioned the destroyer the same day, amid concerns about its resemblance to a light aircraft carrier. (Kyodo)

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Japan's 1st 'helicopter carrier' opened to public

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Spectators admire the Maritime Self-Defense Force's first helicopter-carrying destroyer Hyuga at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The ship was opened to the public for the first time since it was deployed to the base. (Kyodo)

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Japan's largest helicopter destroyer Izumo goes into service

Photo taken March 25, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ever helicopter-carrying destroyer, the Izumo, at the port of Yokohama. The 19,500-ton destroyer, measuring 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest helicopter destroyer Izumo goes into service

Photo taken March 25, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ever helicopter-carrying destroyer, the Izumo, at the port of Yokohama. The 19,500-ton destroyer, measuring 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest helicopter destroyer Izumo goes into service

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force members attend a ceremony to commission its largest ever helicopter-carrying destroyer, the Izumo, at the port of Yokohama on March 25, 2015. The 19,500-ton destroyer, measuring 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest helicopter destroyer Izumo goes into service

Photo taken March 25, 2015, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ever helicopter-carrying destroyer, the Izumo, at the port of Yokohama. The 19,500-ton destroyer, measuring 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's largest helicopter destroyer Izumo goes into service

Photo taken March 25, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ever helicopter-carrying destroyer, the Izumo, at the port of Yokohama. The 19,500-ton destroyer, measuring 248 meters in length and 38 meters in width, allows five helicopters to take off and land simultaneously. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Destroyer, plane leave for Sumatra to help tsunami victims

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kurama (front), carrying a crew of 330, leaves Sasebo port in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 14 to take part in the ongoing tsunami relief efforts in Indonesia's northern Sumatra Island. (Kyodo)

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Missiles appear to be loaded on U.S. warship at Yokosuka base

YOKOSUKA, Japan - What appear to be missiles are loaded on the U.S. guided missile destroyer Curtis Wilbur at the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo on Sept. 14. The loading was conducted amid watchful security and done by crane from an anchoring site at the base that stores supplies such as ammunition and fuel. The Curtis Wilbur is capable of carrying 90 antiaircraft, air-launched cruise and antisubmarine missiles.

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) greets a member of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as he prepares to leave the MSDF's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, after an inspection with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R) on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspect the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) poses during his inspection of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. To his left is first lady Melania Trump. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are pictured during their inspection of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF's base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C,L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C,R) wave to American and Japanese troops on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd from L), standing next to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, addresses American and Japanese troops on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C,L), standing next to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C,R), addresses American and Japanese troops on the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C, L) and his wife Melania (L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie pose for a photo on the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C, L) and his wife Melania (L), and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife Akie pose for a photo on the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) and his wife Melania (2nd from R), and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie are pictured on the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) salutes alongside Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as they inspect the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (front L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front C) walk on the deck of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga, docked at the MSDF base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe off to Yokosuka

A helicopter carrying Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office in Tokyo on May 28, 2019, heading to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, to inspect its helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga together with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe off to Yokosuka

A helicopter carrying Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves his office in Tokyo on May 28, 2019, heading to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, to inspect its helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga together with U.S. President Donald Trump. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) prepares to board a helicopter at Akasaka Press Center, a U.S. Army facility in Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. Trump flew to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka where he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspected the helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga docked at the base south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) prepares to board a helicopter at Akasaka Press Center, a U.S. Army facility in Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. Trump flew to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka where he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspected the helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga docked at the base south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump in Japan

U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to board a helicopter at Akasaka Press Center, a U.S. Army facility in Tokyo, on May 28, 2019. Trump flew to the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka where he and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe inspected the helicopter-carrying destroyer Kaga docked at the base south of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pentagon chief inspects destroyer Izumo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (C) inspects Japan's helicopter-carrying destroyer Izumo at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Dec. 6, 2016. Given the growing nuclear assertion of North Korea, Carter stressed the need to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pentagon chief inspects destroyer Izumo

U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter (C) inspects Japan's helicopter-carrying destroyer Izumo at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Yokosuka, near Tokyo, on Dec. 6, 2016. Given the growing nuclear assertion of North Korea, Carter stressed the need to further strengthen the Japan-U.S. alliance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo