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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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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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(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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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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Classified e-warfare manual missing from MSDF ship

TOKYO, Japan - A classified electronic warfare manual is missing from the training ship Aokumo (shown in the photo taken in November 1989) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force at a naval base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, Defense Agency officials said Sept. 5.

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2 MSDF ships return from antiterrorism mission in Arabian Sea

SASEBO, Japan - The 8,100-ton supply vessel Towada of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) returns to its base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, on April 25 for maintenance from a mission to support the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign. Towada and the 3,550-ton destroyer Sawagiri returned home after a five-month mission.

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Japanese rescue ship returns home after Ehime Maru mission

KURE, Japan - The Japanese submarine rescue ship Chihaya returned to its base in Kure, western Japan, on Dec. 16 after completing its four-month mission to help search for the nine victims who went down with the fishing training vessel Ehime Maru off Hawaii. Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani (R) bows to members of the bereaved families who visited the base to greet the Chihaya crew.

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Japanese sub rescue ship heads for Hawaii

KURE, Japan - The submarine rescue ship Chihaya leaves the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, for Hawaii on Aug. 10 to take part in salvaging the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru, which sank in waters off Hawaii in February after colliding with a surfacing U.S. submarine. The ship carries 130 MSDF personnel.

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MSDF decommissions sub in fatal ship collision

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Crew members of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) submarine Nadashio lower a flag at a decommissioning ceremony in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, June 1. The 2,250-ton sub, which hit a pleasure boat on Tokyo Bay in July 1988, killing 30, is to be scrapped.

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3,499 buildings damaged by western Japan quake

KURE, Japan - A powerful earthquake that hit a wide area of western Japan on March 24 partially or fully damage a total of 3,499 buildings as of the morning of March 25. Photo shows a house in the town of Ebara in Hiroshima Prefeture's Kure City destroyed. The quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale killed two people and injuring 164 people in western Japan centering on Hiroshima and Ehime prefectures.

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Hiroshima households lose water supply

KURE, Japan - Some 47,000 households in Hiroshima Prefecture lose their water supply after a powerful earthquake jolted a wide area of western Japan on the afternoon of March 24. Photo shows residents in the city of Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, receiving water supply from the city's Waterworks Bureau officials.

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Woman killed in Hiroshima in powerful earthquake

HIROSHIMA, Japan - An 80-year-old woman in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, is killed in a powerful earthquake jolting a wide area of western Japan on March 24. Tomoe Yamasaki was killed at her home when a concrete fence collapsed. In Hojo, Ehime Prefecture, a 50-year-old housewife was killed by a falling chunk of concrete on the balcony of an apartment.