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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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[Breaking News]Mountain fire caused after MSDF training

ETAJIMA, Japan, Jan. 17 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountain fire near a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range in Etajima in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Jan. 17, 2025. A fire occurred at the shooting range earlier in the day as MSDF personnel conducted underwater mine-disposing training using an explosive, spreading to the mountain side. (Kyodo)

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Mountain fire caused after MSDF training

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountain fire near a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range in Etajima in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Jan. 17, 2025. A fire occurred at the shooting range earlier in the day as MSDF personnel conducted underwater mine-disposing training using an explosive, spreading to the mountain side.

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Mountain fire caused after MSDF training

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountain fire near a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range (bottom) in Etajima in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Jan. 17, 2025. A fire occurred at the shooting range earlier in the day as MSDF personnel conducted underwater mine-disposing training using an explosive, spreading to the mountain side.

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Mountain fire caused after MSDF training

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a mountain fire near a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force shooting range (lower R) in Etajima in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima on Jan. 17, 2025. A fire occurred at the shooting range earlier in the day as MSDF personnel conducted underwater mine-disposing training using an explosive, spreading to the mountain side.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Etajima is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, as it takes part in the search for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Rampage in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a fishery company in the island city of Etajima in the Seto Island Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a knife-wielding Chinese man allegedly killed a man and a woman and injured six others on March 14, 2013.

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Rampage in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows a fishery company in the island city of Etajima in the Seto Island Sea in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, where a knife-wielding Chinese man allegedly killed a man and a woman and injured six others on March 14, 2013.

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Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (from R) King Liu, chairman of Taiwan's Giant Manufacturing Co., and Tatsumi Tanaka, the mayor of Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, take part in a cycling event in Etajima on May 11, 2012. The event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and the major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer started that day in Etajima to promote cycling routes for foreign tourists in the two prefectures around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea.

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New ship to shuttle between Hokkaido, disputed isles

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows new passenger vessel, the Etopirika, at a shipyard in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, in western Japan, on Nov. 11, 2011, prior to its launch ceremony later in the day. The 1,150-ton ship, capable of carrying 84 passengers, will shuttle between Nemuro, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, and the Russian-held disputed islands off Hokkaido, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and as the Southern Kurils in Russia, from May 2012, to carry people taking part in visa-free exchange programs and other purposes.

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Chinese navy vessel makes port call in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Naval officer candidates aboard the Chinese naval training vessel Zhenghe line up at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2009, after their 5,470-ton arrived there.

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Chinese navy vessel makes port call in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Chinese naval training vessel Zhenghe makes a port call at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2009. It is the second such port call in Japan made by a Chinese naval vessel following one in November 2007 in Tokyo.

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Police raid MSDF school over Aegis info leak

TOKYO, Japan - The Kanagawa prefectural police and the Maritime Self-Defense Force police search the MSDF's First Service School in Etajima (photo), Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 19 over an information leakage case involving highly confidential data on the Aegis defense system.

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Hiroshima fishermen aim to turn oysters into summer delicacy

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A fisherman in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, shows off a summer oyster.

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U.S. Marine vessel allegedly threatened Japanese fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Stewart Upton (R), a spokesperson at the U.S. Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station, visits the office of a fisheries cooperative in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 14 after a U.S. Marine Corps patrol boat allegedly threatened a Japanese fishing boat on Jan. 5 in the Inland Sea off Etajima, leveling a gun at a fisherman onboard. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda quoted the U.S. military as having said the patrol boat did not point a gun at the fishing boat.

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U.S. Marine vessel allegedly threatened Japanese fishing boat

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Capt. Stewart Upton (R), a spokesperson at the U.S. Marine Corps Iwakuni Air Station, visits the office of a fisheries cooperative in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Jan. 14 after a U.S. Marine Corps patrol boat allegedly threatened a Japanese fishing boat on Jan. 5 in the Inland Sea off Etajima, leveling a gun at a fisherman onboard. Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda quoted the U.S. military as having said the patrol boat did not point a gun at the fishing boat. (Kyodo)

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Police raid MSDF school over Aegis info leak

TOKYO, Japan - The Kanagawa prefectural police and the Maritime Self-Defense Force police search the MSDF's First Service School in Etajima (photo), Hiroshima Prefecture, on May 19 over an information leakage case involving highly confidential data on the Aegis defense system. (Kyodo)

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MSDF holds drills for possible N. Korea ship inspections

ETAJIMA, Japan - Members of the only special squad of the Maritime Self-Defense Force boarded a high-speed boat at MSDF base in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 7 to take part in drills in preparation for Japan's possible inspections of North Korea-related ships under a U.N. Security Council resolution. (Kyodo)

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Chinese navy vessel makes port call in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Naval officer candidates aboard the Chinese naval training vessel Zhenghe line up at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2009, after their 5,470-ton arrived there. (Kyodo)

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Chinese navy vessel makes port call in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Chinese naval training vessel Zhenghe makes a port call at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Etajima port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Nov. 5, 2009. It is the second such port call in Japan made by a Chinese naval vessel following one in November 2007 in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Cycling routes promoted for foreigners around Seto Island

HIROSHIMA, Japan - (from R) King Liu, chairman of Taiwan's Giant Manufacturing Co., and Tatsumi Tanaka, the mayor of Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, take part in a cycling event in Etajima on May 11, 2012. The event co-hosted by the Ehime prefectural government and the major Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer started that day in Etajima to promote cycling routes for foreign tourists in the two prefectures around the picturesque Seto Inland Sea. (Kyodo)

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New ship to shuttle between Hokkaido, disputed isles

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows new passenger vessel, the Etopirika, at a shipyard in Etajima, Hiroshima Prefecture, in western Japan, on Nov. 11, 2011, prior to its launch ceremony later in the day. The 1,150-ton ship, capable of carrying 84 passengers, will shuttle between Nemuro, Hokkaido, in northern Japan, and the Russian-held disputed islands off Hokkaido, known in Japan as the Northern Territories and as the Southern Kurils in Russia, from May 2012, to carry people taking part in visa-free exchange programs and other purposes. (Kyodo)

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AI tech in fishery in Japan

Photo taken in January 2020 shows fishery cooperative official Yoshihiro Shimoie checking data on a smartphone app on an oyster farm off Etajima in Hiroshima Prefecture. The western Japan city has jointly developed with the University of Tokyo and private companies including Sharp Corp. a smart oyster farming method using artificial intelligence and other technologies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo