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Japan LDP policy chief in Philippines

Takayuki Kobayashi (2nd from R), policy chief of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, inspects a patrol boat Japan provided to the Philippine Coast Guard on Jan. 7, 2026, in Manila.

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[Breaking News]New Japan Coast Guard patrol boat Soya

KUSHIRO, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - The Japan Coast Guard's new patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, arrives at Kushiro port in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025. The 4,200-ton vessel replaced the JCG's oldest patrol vessel with the same name, which was decommissioned in November after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, during 47 years of operation. (Kyodo)

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New Japan Coast Guard patrol boat Soya

The Japan Coast Guard's new patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, arrives at Kushiro port in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025. The 4,200-ton vessel replaced the JCG's oldest patrol vessel with the same name, which was decommissioned in November after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, during 47 years of operation.

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New Japan Coast Guard patrol boat Soya

The Japan Coast Guard's new patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, arrives at Kushiro port in Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 28, 2025. The 4,200-ton vessel replaced the JCG's oldest patrol vessel with the same name, which was decommissioned in November after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, during 47 years of operation.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks a vending machine in a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks the interior of a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Preparations for 2026 Asian Games

An officer checks the interior of a high-speed ferry with a security dog at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 26, 2025, as the police and the Japan Coast Guard jointly tighten security ahead of the 2026 Asian Games in the central Japan prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japan Coast Guard boats patrol on Nov. 28, 2025, in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where construction work continues for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japan Coast Guard boats patrol on Nov. 28, 2025, in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, where construction work continues for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

The icebreaker Soya's logo is painted over as a ceremony to decommission the ship, the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat retires

A ceremony to decommission the Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, is held in Kitakyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 12, 2025, after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship traveled about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth, and rescued over 1,450 people in more than 600 shipwreck cases.

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth

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JCG's oldest patrol boat departs for final voyage

The Japan Coast Guard's oldest active patrol vessel, the icebreaker Soya, departs from its home port of Kushiro in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Nov. 4, 2025, for its final voyage after 47 years in operation. The 3,100-ton ship will be decommissioned on Nov. 12 after traveling about 1.91 million kilometers, equivalent to 48 trips around the Earth.

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1 dead, 4 injured in ship collision on Tokyo canal

Japan Coast Guard personnel check a boat on a canal in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2025, after it collided with another boat earlier in the day, leaving one of the eight crew on board dead and four others injured.

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Drill in whaling town ahead of hunting season

TAIJI, Japan, Aug. 20 Kyodo - Japan Coast Guard members conduct an anti-violence drill off Taiji, a whaling town in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, on Aug. 20, 2025, as the new season's dolphin hunting from September may attract activists from anti-whaling groups. (Kyodo)

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Drill in whaling town ahead of hunting season

Japan Coast Guard members conduct an anti-violence drill off Taiji, a whaling town in the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama, on Aug. 20, 2025, as the new season's dolphin hunting from September may attract activists from anti-whaling groups.

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Japan: Waterspout Spotted off Ishikawa Coast

A waterspout was spotted off Chirihama Beach in Ishikawa’s Hakui City on Friday, August 8. According to local fire departments and the Kanazawa Coast Guard, no damage to ships or other objects has been confirmed.

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Japan: Waterspout Spotted off Ishikawa Coast 2

A waterspout was spotted off Chirihama Beach in Ishikawa’s Hakui City on Friday, August 8. According to local fire departments and the Kanazawa Coast Guard, no damage to ships or other objects has been confirmed.

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Japan: Fire Erupts on Fireworks Barges at Yokohama Festival, Event Canceled 2

A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the event's cancellation. Five crew members jumped into the sea and were rescued; one sustained minor injuries. About 20,000 fireworks had been scheduled, but the blaze — reportedly caused by a launch system malfunction — continued firing briefly despite attempts to stop it. The fire was extinguished by Tuesday morning, and police and the coast guard are investigating.

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Japan: Fire Erupts on Fireworks Barges at Yokohama Festival, Event Canceled

A fireworks festival in Yokohama’s Minato Mirai district descended into chaos on Monday evening, August 4, when two of eight launch barges caught fire, forcing the cancellation of the event. Five crew members jumped into the sea and were rescued, with one sustaining minor injuries. About 20,000 fireworks had been scheduled, but the blaze — reportedly caused by a launch system malfunction — continued firing for a short time despite attempts to halt it. The fire was extinguished Tuesday morning, and police and the coast guard are investigating.

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard helicopter conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with U.S. and Philippine coast guards off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025.

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard helicopter conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with U.S. and Philippine coast guards off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025.

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat (C) conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with its counterparts from the United States (L) and the Philippines off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan-U.S.-Philippines rescue drill

A Japan Coast Guard patrol boat (R) conducts a search and rescue drill jointly with its counterparts from the United States (L) and the Philippines off Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 20, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Canadian icebreaker docked off Osaka

Photo taken on June 12, 2025, shows the interior of light icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier of the Canadian Coast Guard off the port of Osaka in the western Japan city. The icebreaker made a special visit to Osaka for the World Exposition.

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Canadian icebreaker docked off Osaka

Photo taken on June 12, 2025, shows light icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier of the Canadian Coast Guard off the port of Osaka in the western Japan city. The icebreaker made a special visit to Osaka for the World Exposition.

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Canadian icebreaker docked off Osaka

Photo taken on June 12, 2025, shows the interior of light icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier of the Canadian Coast Guard off the port of Osaka in the western Japan city. The icebreaker made a special visit to Osaka for the World Exposition.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue, Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Japan Coast Guard demonstrates intelligence gathering know-how

Vice Adm. Hiroaki Kanosue (C), Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant for operations, meets the press in Sepang in the Malaysian state of Selangor on Feb. 26, 2025, after a demonstration of Japan's maritime intelligence gathering techniques using radar and thermographic cameras as part of a U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime program.

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Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

The tanker Sanwa Maru runs aground off Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 8, 2025, with Japan Coast Guard officials confirming heavy oil is leaking due to suspected damage to a fuel tank. All 11 crew members are safe, according to the JSG.

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1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

A memorial service is held at a Japan Coast Guard base at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 2 of a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft on a runway at the airport that killed five coast guard members.

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1st anniversary of collision of JAL, coast guard planes at Haneda

A memorial service is held at a Japan Coast Guard base at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec. 23, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 2 of a collision between a Japan Airlines plane and a coast guard aircraft on a runway at the airport that killed five coast guard members.

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard divers preparing to search following the sinking of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, Ukushima, off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after it caught fire.

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard divers preparing to search following the sinking of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, Ukushima, off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after it caught fire.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (L) receiving water from a Japan Coast Guard ship after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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[Breaking News]Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Fishing vessel capsizes off central Japan

TOBA, Japan, Oct. 24 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard personnel conducting a search operation around a capsized fishing vessel off Toshi Island in Toba, Mie Prefecture, central Japan. (Kyodo)

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Haneda airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Oct. 24, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire after a failed landing that has left many passengers injured. About 1,000 people, including firefighters, police officer and airport officials, took part in the drill, which followed a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of the airport on Jan. 2.

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Fishing vessel capsizes off central Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 24, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard personnel conducting a search operation around a capsized fishing vessel off Toshi Island in Toba, Mie Prefecture, central Japan.

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Anti-disaster drill at Narita airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire following a failed nighttime landing due to downburst. About 830 people including firefighters took part in the drill, conducted in the wake of a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 2.

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Anti-disaster drill at Narita airport

A large-scale anti-disaster drill is conducted at Narita airport near Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2024, simulating a passenger plane catching fire following a failed nighttime landing due to downburst. About 830 people including firefighters took part in the drill, conducted in the wake of a Japan Airlines plane collision with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on a runway of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Jan. 2.

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Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker in Japan

The Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier is shown to the media in Yokohama on Oct. 2, 2024, as it makes a port call in the eastern Japan city, its first in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker in Japan

Canada's ambassador to Japan, Ian McKay, meets the press on Oct. 2, 2024, in front of the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker Sir Wilfrid Laurier as it makes a port call in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, its first in the Indo-Pacific region.