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Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

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Submarine Raigei delivered to MSDF

Photo taken on March 6, 2025, shows the submarine Raigei following a ceremony marking its delivery to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a shipyard of Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. in Kobe, western Japan. The 84-meter submarine weighing about 3,000 tons will be deployed at the MSDF's base in Kure in the western Japan prefecture of Hiroshima.

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MSDF destroyer Kaga

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga departing the MSDF's Kure base in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Kure, western Japan.

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MSDF destroyer Kaga

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga departing the MSDF's Kure base in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Kure, western Japan.

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MSDF destroyer Kaga

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga departing the MSDF's Kure base in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Kure, western Japan.

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MSDF destroyer Kaga

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 17, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga departing the MSDF's Kure base in the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Kure, western Japan.

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Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

KURE, Japan, April 8 Kyodo - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga is shown to the press at the Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2024, after the completion of the first phase of its modification work, including changes to the ship's bow. (Kyodo)

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Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga is shown to the press at the Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2024, after the completion of the first phase of its modification work, including changes to the ship's bow.

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Japan's MSDF destroyer Kaga

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Kaga is shown to the press at the Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, western Japan, on April 8, 2024, after the completion of the first phase of its modification work, including changes to the ship's bow.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Makoto Yagi (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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MSDF, 3 western Japan utilities sign alliance

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Chugoku Electric Power Co. President Tomohide Karita (L) and Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Adm. Shinsuke Miki, chief of the MSDF Kure District Headquarters, pose for photos in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on July 9, 2014, after signing an agreement to cooperate in dealing with disasters.

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Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The wall of a building lies partially collapsed in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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Quake in western Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Fragments of a wall lie scattered on a sidewalk in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck a swath of western Japan in the early morning of March 14, 2014.

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Relief efforts for Philippines

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter off Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2013, shows the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi, heading for the Philippines, with SDF members to conduct relief operations in the Southeast Asian country hit by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

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Hiroshima body abandonment case

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken July 18, 2013, shows the site where a body believed to be that of a 16-year-old girl was found in a mountainous area of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. Seven people -- a 21-year-old man and two male and four female teenagers -- have been arrested for allegedly abandoning the body there.

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Ship carrying missile interceptors returns to Kure

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The transport ship Osumi returns on Dec. 18, 2012, to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, from Okinawa Prefecture, carrying back missile interceptors deployed there to prepare for North Korea's rocket launch the previous week.

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Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are loaded onto the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Osumi at an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2012. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki leaving an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2012, carrying ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki leaving an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2012, carrying ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are loaded onto the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2012. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Missile interceptors head to Okinawa

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are loaded onto the Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at an MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, in the early hours of Dec. 3, 2012. Japan expedited deploying the PAC-3 missile interceptors in Okinawa Prefecture to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch.

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Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Kunisaki off the coast of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, shortly after leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure for Okinawa's Ishigaki Island on April 2, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Preparing for intercepting N. Korean rocket

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Kunisaki off the coast of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, shortly after leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure for Okinawa's Ishigaki Island on April 2, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket launch

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Osumi, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, leaving a Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 1, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed on Okinawa's Miyako Island ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket launch

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the transport vessel Osumi, carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor system, leaving a Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 1, 2012. The interceptor will be deployed on Okinawa's Miyako Island ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea in mid-April.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket

KURE, Japan - Vehicles carrying ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptors are loaded on the transport vessel Osumi at a Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 31, 2012, for deployment on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, ahead of a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (foreground) and the Sazanami (R), leave the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force Capt. Hiroshi Goto, who leads the force's antipiracy mission off Somalia, speaks to reporters at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, before two MSDF destroyers set sail on the mission March 14.

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Japan destroyers leave for antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Relatives see off family members standing in line on the deck of the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14. The Sazanami and the destroyer Samidare left the base for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso addresses a ceremony to see off two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers leaving for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - A Maritime Self-Defense Force member bids farewell to his family before leaving for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14.

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Japan destroyers leave on antipiracy mission off Somalia

KURE, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (L) and the Sazanami, prepare to set sail for an antipiracy mission off Somalia at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on March 14.

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Japan orders MSDF dispatch for antipiracy mission off Somalia

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo taken Feb. 20 shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Samidare (foreground) and the Sazanami, moored at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. The two destroyers are to leave the MSDF Kure Base on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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2 MSDF destroyers to leave for antipiracy mission March 14

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo taken February 20 shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers, the Sazanami (L) and the Samidare (R), moored at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture. An execution plan indicated March 4 that the government will dispatch the destroyers on March 14 for an antipiracy mission off Somalia.

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MSDF, coast guard conduct joint antipiracy exercise in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel transport ''pirates'' (in gray clothes) in a drill off Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 20. Japan's MSDF and the Japan Coast Guard started a joint antipiracy exercise the same day at the MSDF's Kure base in the prefecture to prepare for a mission off Somalia to protect Japan-linked ships from pirates.

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MSDF, coast guard conduct joint antipiracy exercise in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - ''Pirates'' are held by Japan Coast Guard personnel in a drill off Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 20. Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Japan Coast Guard started a joint antipiracy exercise the same day at the MSDF's Kure base in the prefecture to prepare for a mission off Somalia to protect Japan-linked ships from pirates.

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MSDF, coast guard conduct joint antipiracy exercise in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Takanami destroyer (top) approaches a coast guard patrol boat (below), which was playing the role of pirate ship in a drill off Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 20. Japan's MSDF and the Japan Coast Guard started a joint antipiracy exercise the same day at the MSDF's Kure base in the prefecture to prepare for a mission off Somalia to protect Japan-linked ships from pirates.

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2 MSDF destroyers set sail on 1st antipiracy exercise

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami prepares at the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for the force's first full antipiracy exercise Feb. 10. The Sazanami and Kure-based Samidare set sail later in the day for the drill with an eye to a possible mission off Somalia.

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Towada leaves for Indian Ocean on fuel supply mission

KURE, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel wave as the supply ship Towada leaves its home port in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 10 for the Indian Ocean for a refueling mission to support the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan.

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MSDF ship leaves for historic China call

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami leaves Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on June 19 for Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, in southern China, as part of a bilateral defense exchange in the first visit to China by uniformed Self-Defense Force personnel.

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Decommissioned sub to the open to the public in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A decommissioned submarine in display in a preview on March 20 for journalists at the MSDF Kure Museum on April 5. Visitors to the museum will be allowed to view the inside of the 76-meter-long submarine, the first real sub to be on permanent display in Japan.

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(2)Pictures of A-bombed U.S. soldiers registered at Hiroshima hall

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo of U.S. airman Durden Looper (L, back), who died in the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, was registered at the national A-bomb victims memorial hall in Hiroshima on July 29. Looper from Arkansas was held prisoner after his plane was shot down off Kure in the same prefecture on July 28, 1945.

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(1)Pictures of U.S. A-bomb victim registered at Hiroshima hall

HIROSHIMA, Japan - This photo of U.S. airman Hugh Atkinson, who died in the atomic-bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, was registered at the national A-bomb victims memorial hall in Hiroshima on July 29. Atkinson from Washington was held prisoner in Hiroshima with a comrade after his plane was shot down off Kure in the same prefecture on July 28, 1945.

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(3)LDP candidates win all 3 lower house by-elections

KURE, Japan - Liberal Democratic Party candidate Minoru Terada (L) shakes hands with a supporter in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 25 after winning a House of Representatives by-election in the Hiroshima No. 5 constituency.

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(1)MSDF supply ship Tokiwa returns from Arabian Sea

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force supply ship Tokiwa returned April 22 to its home port of Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, after a six-month mission in the Arabian Sea to refuel U.S. and allied warships. The Tokiwa was replaced by the Towada, which left its home port in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, March 14.

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(2)Lower house by-election campaigns begin

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - A candidate for the April 25 House of Representatives by-election in Hiroshima Prefecture shakes hand with voters in Kure on April 13. By-elections will also be held in Saitama and Kagoshima prefectures.

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(2)2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 8,900-ton Oosumi, a landing ship of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF), returns to its home port of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 8 after a mission to Kuwait to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq.

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2 MSDF ships return from Kuwait after Iraq mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Murasame of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF ) returns to its home port in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 8 from Kuwait. The destroyer accompanied the 8,900-ton landing ship Oosumi on a mission to supply Japanese troops involved in reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The Oosumi also returned to Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, the same day.

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Destroyer Akebono returns from mission in Arabian Sea

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A crew member of the the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Akebono holds his daughter, born while he was away from the country, on returning to the MSDF base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, from a five-month mission in the Arabian Sea on March 23.

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(3)Koizumi visits Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) tastes rice wine at a winery in Kure during his tour of Hiroshima Prefecture on March 13. Hiroshima is known for its good rice wine.