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MSDF ship on mission to recover bodies from missing Japan SDF chopper

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 17, 2023. Five bodies and part of the SDF UH-60JA helicopter, which went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture, were located a day earlier.

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MSDF ship on mission to recover bodies from missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 17, 2023. Five bodies and part of the SDF's UH-60JA helicopter, which went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture, were located the day before.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya searches in waters off Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Submarine rescue ship Chihaya of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force searches in waters off Miyako Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on April 13, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya (above) and minesweeper Shishijima search in waters off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 11, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Submarine rescue ship Chihaya of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force searches on April 10, 2023, in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Submarine rescue ship Chihaya of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force searches on April 10, 2023, in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya (above) and minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

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Literary award winners in Japan

(From L) Akane Chihaya and Satoshi Ogawa pose for photos at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2023, after winning the Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award for popular fiction, together with Atsushi Sato (3rd from L) and Iko Idogawa (far R) who won the Akutagawa Prize for up-and-coming authors.

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Literary award winner in Japan

Akane Chihaya speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2023, after winning the Naoki Prize, a Japanese literary award for popular fiction.

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Mimura to head Nippon Steel in April

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Mimura (L), one of the six executive vice presidents of Nippon Steel Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30 announcing that he will be promoted to president April 1, succeeding Akira Chihaya (R).

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Japanese rescue ship returns home after Ehime Maru mission

KURE, Japan - The Japanese submarine rescue ship Chihaya returned to its base in Kure, western Japan, on Dec. 16 after completing its four-month mission to help search for the nine victims who went down with the fishing training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani (R) bows to members of the bereaved families who visited the base to greet the Chihaya crew.

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U.S. Navy abandons search for last Ehime Maru victim

HONOLULU, United States - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine salvage ship Chihaya sails off Honolulu International Airport on Nov. 7, 2001. About 30 divers from the ship will conduct a final inspection of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. U.S. Navy divers have abandoned hopes of finding the remains of the ninth and final victim aboard the Ehime Maru.

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Japanese MSDF divers in Ehime Maru salvage meet press

HONOLULU, United States - Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) divers are helped by their fellows onto a staging lift before they are lowered into water in a demonstration for the media at the U.S. naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sept. 4. The divers are attached to the submarine rescue ship Chihaya that will assist the U.S. Navy in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru.

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Japanese ship arrives in Hawaii for Ehime Maru salvage

HONOLULU, United States - The 5,450-ton Chihaya, a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship, arrives in Honolulu Aug. 20 to take part in the salvage of the Ehime Maru, a Japanese high school fisheries training vessel. The ship was struck and sunk by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Feb. 9.

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Japanese sub rescue ship heads for Hawaii

KURE, Japan - The submarine rescue ship Chihaya leaves the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for Hawaii on Aug. 10 to take part in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank in waters off Hawaii in February after colliding with a surfacing U.S. submarine. The ship carries 130 MSDF personnel.

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Nippon Steel, POSCO launch strategic business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Chihaya (L), president of Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan, and Yoo Sang Boo, chairman of Pohang Iron & Steel Co. of South Korea, shake hands prior to a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 2. The world's two largest steelmakers announced they have signed a contract for a strategic business alliance.

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U.S. Navy abandons search for last Ehime Maru victim

HONOLULU, United States - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine salvage ship Chihaya sails off Honolulu International Airport on Nov. 7, 2001. About 30 divers from the ship will conduct a final inspection of the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru. U.S. Navy divers have abandoned hopes of finding the remains of the ninth and final victim aboard the Ehime Maru.

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Kusunoki Masashige

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's 14th century warlord Kusunoki Masashige as depicted in a drawing owned by the Chihaya-Akasaka Village folk museum in Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Mimura to head Nippon Steel in April

TOKYO, Japan - Akio Mimura (L), one of the six executive vice presidents of Nippon Steel Corp., holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 30 announcing that he will be promoted to president April 1, succeeding Akira Chihaya (R). (Kyodo)

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Mimura to head Nippon Steel succeeding Chihaya in April

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. said on Jan. 30 that Akio Mimura (file photo), one of its six executive vice presidents, will be promoted to president April 1, succeeding Akira Chihaya. Chihaya, 67, will become chairman with representative rights, replacing Takashi Imai. (Kyodo)

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Mimura to succeed Chihaya as Nippon Steel president

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Steel Corp. plans to promote Executive Vice President Akio Mimura (file photo), 62, to president in succession to Akira Chihaya, 67, who will become board chairman, company sources said Jan. 22. (Kyodo)

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Japanese MSDF divers in Ehime Maru salvage meet press

HONOLULU, United States - Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) divers are helped by their fellows onto a staging lift before they are lowered into water in a demonstration for the media at the U.S. naval base in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sept. 4. The divers are attached to the submarine rescue ship Chihaya that will assist the U.S. Navy in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru.

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Japanese sub rescue ship heads for Hawaii

KURE, Japan - The submarine rescue ship Chihaya leaves the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for Hawaii on Aug. 10 to take part in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank in waters off Hawaii in February after colliding with a surfacing U.S. submarine. The ship carries 130 MSDF personnel.

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Nippon Steel, POSCO launch strategic business tie-up

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Chihaya (L), president of Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan, and Yoo Sang Boo, chairman of Pohang Iron & Steel Co. of South Korea, shake hands prior to a news conference in Tokyo Aug. 2. The world's two largest steelmakers announced they have signed a contract for a strategic business alliance.