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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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JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the night of Jan. 2, 2024, following a collision between a Japan Airlines Co. plane and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at the capital's Haneda airport.

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JAL plane collision at Haneda airport

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito (C) arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the night of Jan. 2, 2024, following a collision between a Japan Airlines Co. plane and a Japan Coast Guard aircraft at the capital's Haneda airport.

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Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Gavan

Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Ronnie Gil Gavan meets Japanese press in Manila on Dec. 5, 2023.

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Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Gavan

Philippine Coast Guard Commandant Ronnie Gil Gavan meets Japanese press in Manila on Dec. 5, 2023.

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JCG Commandant Admiral Shohei Ishii trooping the line

COURTESY CALL. Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (left), Philippine Coast Guard Commandant, and Japanese counterpart Admiral Shohei Ishii (in white) troop the line at the PCG national headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Saturday (Nov. 4, 2023). Gavan recognized Japan as one of PCG's most generous and steadfast partners, specifically in upgrading its capabilities and achieving modernization. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.)

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JCG Commandant Admiral Shohei Ishii give token

CHIEFS. Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (right), Philippine Coast Guard Commandant, receives a token from Japanese counterpart Admiral Shohei Ishii at the PCG national headquarters in Port Area, Manila on Saturday (Nov. 4, 2023). Along with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, they later toured the BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), one of two 97-meter multi-role response vessels of the PCG constructed in Japan. (PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.)

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Japan PM Kishida in Philippines

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C, R) visits a Philippine Coast Guard vessel in Manila on Nov. 4, 2023, during a three-day official visit to Southeast Asia.

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Capsized cargo ship Izumi Maru

WAKAYAMA, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2023, shows the Japanese-registered Izumi Maru that capsized in the Kii Channel off the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. The Japan Coast Guard said the cargo ship capsized after apparently colliding with another freighter.

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Capsized cargo ship Izumi Maru

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2023, shows a Japan Coast Guard vessel (back) patrolling around the Japanese-registered Izumi Maru (front) that capsized in the Kii Channel off the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. The coast guard said the cargo ship capsized after apparently colliding with another freighter.

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Capsized cargo ship Izumi Maru

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 25, 2023, shows the Japanese-registered Izumi Maru that capsized in the Kii Channel off the western Japan prefecture of Wakayama. The Japan Coast Guard said the cargo ship capsized after apparently colliding with another freighter.

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Kishida speaks regarding N. Korea's "satellite" launch plan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, after the Japan Coast Guard was notified that North Korea plans to launch "a satellite" between May 31 and June 11. The plan sparked speculation that a ballistic missile test by Pyongyang may be impending.

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Kishida speaks regarding N. Korea's "satellite" launch plan

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at his office in Tokyo on May 29, 2023, after the Japan Coast Guard was notified that North Korea plans to launch "a satellite" between May 31 and June 11. The plan sparked speculation that a ballistic missile test by Pyongyang may be impending.

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Japan PM Kishida in Hiroshima ahead of G-7 summit

Photo taken on May 13, 2023, at the venue for the forthcoming Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, shows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaking to police officers and Japan Coast Guard officials in charge of security during the May 19-21 event.

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Japan PM Kishida in Hiroshima ahead of G-7 summit

Photo taken on May 13, 2023, at the venue for the forthcoming Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, shows Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaking to police officers and Japan Coast Guard officials in charge of security during the May 19-21 event.

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Japan PM Kishida in Hiroshima ahead of G-7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits the venue for the forthcoming Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, western Japan, on May 13, 2023, to meet police officers and Japan Coast Guard officials in charge of security during the May 19-21 event.

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N. Korea fires 2 missiles, warns of more launches over Japan

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Monday, the Defense Ministry said, with Pyongyang warning of more launches over the Japanese archipelago as the United States and its East Asian allies held joint exercises. Immediately after North Korea's launches on Monday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said Pyongyang had fired three projectiles, citing data from the Defense Ministry. But the ministry corrected the report later in the day, saying the North had launched two missiles. Matsuno said the Cabinet Secretariat, a governmental body that gathers data from the Defense Ministry and other administrative organizations, mistakenly sent a notification about the second missile launch by North Korea to the Japan Coast Guard twice.

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3 Japanese whaling vessels return home from Antarctic Ocean

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard personnel check the Japanese whaling vessel Yushin Maru No. 3 to determine the extent of damage sustained in a collision with a Sea Shepherd vessel in February in the Antarctic Ocean, after the ship returned to Shimonoseki Port in Yamaguchi Prefecture on April 13. The Yushin Maru No. 3 and two other ships returned after completing their whale hunt for what the Japanese government calls scientific-research purposes.

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Cargo ship collision with trawler

HACHINOHE, Japan, March 1 Kyodo - Photo taken on March 1, 2020, from a Kyodo News plane shows a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat conducting a search and rescue operation after a Japanese trawler collided with a Belize-flagged cargo ship in the Pacific the previous day. The cargo ship with 14 crew aboard sank shortly after the collision, leaving 13 of them missing.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship enters Yokohama port southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested by the Japan Coast Guard over the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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Japan Coast Guard cracks down on Chinese coral poachers

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A Chinese ship (front) ties up at the dock of the Japan Coast Guard's regional office in Yokohama southwest of Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2014, after its captain was arrested for the alleged poaching of coral in Japanese waters near the Ogasawara island chain.

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Japan nabs 2 Chinese skippers over coral poaching

ICHIKIKUSHIKINO, Japan - Two Chinese fishing boats are anchored in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014, after being searched by the Japanese Coast Guard on suspicion of coral poaching in Japanese territorial waters off the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Japan nabs 2 Chinese skippers over coral poaching

ICHIKIKUSHIKINO, Japan - A Chinese fishing boat is anchored in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2014, a day after its skipper was arrested by the Japanese Coast Guard on suspicion of coral poaching in Japanese territorial waters off the southwestern Japan prefecture.

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Japan PM Abe meets Asian coast guard officials

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (standing) receives a courtesy call from members of the Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2014.

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Japan, U.S. conduct joint rescue drill in Aomori

AOMORI, Japan - Soldiers of U.S. Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, and local Japanese firefighters carry "injured" people at the port of Mutsuogawara in the prefecture's Rokkasho village on Aug, 19, 2014, during a joint drill on the assumption that an F-16 fighter of the base crashed, injuring 11 people. Japan Coast Guard members and local Japanese police also took part.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows four China Coast Guard vessels including the Haijing 2350 (front) in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 (front) and three Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2112 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hateruma in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hayato is seen in the front. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the so-called contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels in Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard's patrol ship Hateruma in Japanese territorial waters near Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.

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Chinese vessels in Japanese waters

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 and the Japan Coast Guard's patrol ship Hateruma in Japanese territorial waters southeast of Minamikojima, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 10, 2013.

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4 Chinese vessels enter Japan's waters

ISHIGAKI ISLAND, Japan - Photo shows a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (C) surrounded by Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on the morning of July 1, 2013. A total of four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels temporarily entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands that day, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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4 Chinese vessels enter Japan's waters

ISHIGAKI ISLAND, Japan - Photo shows a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel (C back) passing near Uotsuri Island, part of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on the morning of July 1, 2013. A total of four Chinese maritime surveillance vessels temporarily entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands that day, according to the Japan Coast Guard.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ships Ishigaki (C) and Yamakuni (R) prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) from approaching a Japanese fishing boat on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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3 Chinese vessels near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Yoshino (front) sails to prevent the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 46 (back L) from approaching Japanese fishing boats (2nd and 3rd from front) on May 26, 2013, in Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels sailed the same day into Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands, which are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

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China ships near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News airplane shows (from front) the Chinese maritime surveillance vessels Haijian 49 and 50 and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ryukyu in Japanese territorial waters about 12 kilometers north-northeast of Uotsuri Island of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea at 1:51 p.m. on April 23, 2013. China claims the Japan-administered islands.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (R, bottom), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (L) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) sailing around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:08 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 50 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Motobu sailing in Japan's territorial waters near Uotsuri Island (back), part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 9:52 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (back) sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom), and the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Awagumo (R) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:06 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (C) preventing the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (R, top) from sailing closer to a Japanese fishing ship (L, bottom) around a border area of Japan's territorial waters near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Chinese ships converge near Senkakus

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Aerial photo taken by Kyodo News shows a Japanese fishing ship (front), the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 66 (2nd from front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki (3rd from front) sailing in parallel around a border area of Japan's territorial waters, near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 10:09 a.m. on April 23, 2013. Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters the same day around the Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013, to commission a new 2,000-ton coast guard vessel to join a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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Taiwan adds new ship to patrol Senkakus

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan - The Hsin Bei frigate, a new 2,000-ton Taiwan Coast Guard vessel, discharges water during an exercise in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on March 30, 2013. The Hsin Bei joins a fleet patrolling waters near a cluster of Japanese-administered islands in the East China Sea.

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Japan-China territorial row

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane shows the Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel Yonakuni (front) and the Chinese maritime surveillance vessel Haijian 137 sailing in parallel in waters 38 kilometers north of Uotsuri Island, part of the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands, claimed by China, in the East China Sea at 5:40 p.m. on Jan. 21, 2013. A total of three Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands earlier in the day, leading the Japanese Foreign Ministry to lodge a protest with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, during a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers comb through sand on a beach in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, during a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

SENDAI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers offer silent prayers facing the sea in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, ahead of conducting a search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Search for missing 2011 tsunami victims

SENDAI, Japan - Japan Coast Guard divers prepare aboard a patrol vessel off Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2013, to search for people still listed as missing after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Japanese police and coast guard officers conducted the first full-scale search of the year in Miyagi and Iwate prefectures the same day to look for 2,485 people who remain unaccounted for after the disaster devastated northeastern Japan.

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Chinese vessels sail near Senkakus for 19th day

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Nov. 7, 2012, shows Chinese marine surveillance vessel Haijian 51 (bottom) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Ishigaki in a so-called contiguous zone near Kuba Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea. Chinese patrol vessels sailed in an area just outside Japanese territorial waters around the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group claimed by China for the 19th straight day, the Japan Coast Guard said.