Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

Japan MSDF vessel

Manila, Japan, Aug. 27 Kyodo - video taken by a Kyodo News reporter on board Manila shows the MSDF destroyer Izumo has unveiled to the overseas media near Manila on Aug. 27, 2023. (Kyodo)

Exercise Malabar joint naval drills

Exercise Malabar joint naval drills

Vice Adm. Akira Saito (far L), commander-in-chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Self-Defense Fleet, talks with commanders from U.S., Indian and Australian naval forces before the annual "Exercise Malabar" joint drills begin on Aug. 10, 2023, in Sydney.

U.S. forces aiding Japan quake relief

U.S. forces aiding Japan quake relief

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, answers reporters' questions after meeting Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, head of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 26, 2011, regarding U.S. forces' support for Japan's relief efforts following the March 11 quake and tsunami.

Russian fleet commander visits Yokosuka base

Russian fleet commander visits Yokosuka base

Adm. Mikhail Zakharenko, the commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet (C in uniform), inspects the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) escort ship Harusame berthed at the Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, on April 13. Zakharenko is in Japan to promote bilateral military exchanges.

U.S. places high hopes on expanded SDF role

U.S. places high hopes on expanded SDF role

Vice Adm. Robert Thomas (L), commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, and Vice Adm. Eiichi Funada, commander of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force fleet, hold a joint press conference on the deck of the USS Blue Ridge in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on March 31, 2015. Thomas welcomed Japan's planned security legislation that will expand the scope of overseas operations by the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. 7th Fleet commander holds press conference aboard flattop

U.S. 7th Fleet commander holds press conference aboard flattop

Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin (C), commander of the U.S. 7th Fleet, and Vice Adm. Yasuhiro Shigeoka (R), commander of Japan's Self-Defense Fleet, hold a press conference on Nov. 24, 2015, aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan docked at Yokosuka port southwest of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. forces aiding Japan quake relief

U.S. forces aiding Japan quake relief

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Patrick Walsh, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, answers reporters' questions after meeting Gen. Ryoichi Oriki, head of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 26, 2011, regarding U.S. forces' support for Japan's relief efforts following the March 11 quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

Russian fleet commander visits Yokosuka base

Russian fleet commander visits Yokosuka base

Adm. Mikhail Zakharenko, the commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet (C in uniform), inspects the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) escort ship Harusame berthed at the Yokosuka base, south of Tokyo, on April 13. Zakharenko is in Japan to promote bilateral military exchanges. ==Kyodo