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80th anniv. of Ukishima Maru sinking

A memorial ceremony for those killed when the Ukishima Maru sank as it was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II, is held in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Aug. 24, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the tragedy. The transport ship exploded in Maizuru Bay, leaving over 500 people dead.

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) visits Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C, L) receives a guard of honor during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM visits MSDF destroyer off Kyoto Prefecture

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) receives a guard of honor during a visit to Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Hyuga docked off Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on May 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Prince Hisahito at museum

Japanese Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) visits the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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French navy ship visits Kyoto

Maizuru Mayor Akitsu Kamoda (R) and Captain Alexis Gollsnich, commander of the French navy frigate Prairial, pose for a photo in the Kyoto prefectural city, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2024, as the French ship makes a call at Maizuru port the same day.

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French navy ship visits Kyoto

The French navy frigate Prairial makes a call at Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 5, 2024.

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter crew loads a dummy onto the deck of a Japan Coast Guard patrol boat during a Japan-U.S.-South Korea joint marine rescue drill in the Sea of Japan off Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2024.

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Japan-U.S.-S. Korea marine drill in Sea of Japan

A Japan Coast Guard boat (front) takes part in a Japan-U.S.-South Korea joint marine rescue drill in the Sea of Japan off Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2024. A large ship (back) belongs to the Korea Coast Guard and a helicopter to the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Japan Coast Guard's new boat enters Maizuru port, western Japan

KYOTO, Japan, March 10 Kyodo - The Japan Coast Guard's new patrol boat Wakasa, equipped with advanced devices for post-disaster rescue operations, sails into the Port of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on March 6, 2015.

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Kyoto, Hokkaido display products at Russian food show

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Staffers of the Kyoto Maizuru Port Promotion Association in western Japan and the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido explain their various specialty food products and drinks at a food show in Russia's Far Eastern city of Vladivostok on Sept. 10, 2014, in their first such joint display.

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Ex-POW at Siberian labor camp talks about ordeal

KYOTO, Japan - Jiro Harada, seen in this file photo take in May 2014, talks about his ordeal as a prisoner of war at a Siberian labor camp in the former Soviet Union at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan.

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Ex-Japanese POWs records

KYOTO, Japan - Mementos and records of the return home of Japanese prisoners of war detained in the Soviet Union after World War II are displayed at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4, 2014. Maizuru City on the Sea of Japan coast said the same day it will recommend the materials for entry on UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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UNESCO listing sought for ex-Japanese POW records

KYOTO, Japan - A memoir composed by a former Japanese detainee at a Soviet-era labor camp in Siberia after World War II is photographed at the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on March 4, 2014. It is among 570 items the city applied the same day for entry into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register.

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Murder acquittal

OSAKA, Japan - A May 2008 file photo shows the site (upper R) where the abandoned body of Miho Kosugi, 15, was found in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. The Osaka High Court on Dec. 12, 2012, acquitted the defendant, Katsumi Naka, of murder, reversing a lower court's life sentence.

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Man apparently kills self after questioning over woman's body

MAIZURU, Japan - Kyoto prefectural police officers examine a car in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on May 18, 2010, in which a 39-year-old man was found dead following questioning over the death of Tsuyuko Uno, whose body was discovered in a plastic bag last month in Takatsuki, Osaka Prefecture. The man, Uno's adoptive father, apparently killed himself, according to police.

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2 Japanese destroyers sent on antipiracy operations off Somalia

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Harusame sails off Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 6 after departing from its base there. The 4,550-ton Harusame, along with the 3,500-ton destroyer Amagiri which left its base in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, will take part in antipiracy operations off Somalia.

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Search over Kyoto murder goes ahead after appeal rejected

MAIZURU, Japan - Police investigators raid the home of a man over a murder case in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Nov. 28 after an appeal filed by the man's lawyer to prevent the search was rejected by the Kyoto District Court. Second from left is the lawyer who attended the search conducted in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old high school student whose body was found May 8.

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Replenishment ships head to Indian Ocean on antiterror mission

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 4,550-ton destroyer Ikazuchi of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force leaves its base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 20 for its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean. The 13,500-ton fleet support ship Mashu also set off from its port in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, the same day on the mission.

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Japan's 5th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Crewmembers go on board Japan's fifth Aegis destroyer, the Atago, which was delivered to the Maritime Self-Defense Force at a dockyard in Nagasaki on March 15. Manned by a crew of about 300, the Atago will be home-ported at Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side.

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Father and daughter keeping pure-rice sake tradition alive

YOKOTE, Japan - Hanako Kudo (R), 42, and her father, Mikio, 71, work at a big storehouse of Maizuru Shuzo Co. in Yokote city, Akita Prefecture.

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(2)Keiko Gakuen wins pennant for 3rd straight year

OSAKA, Japan - Keiko Gakuen players start dashing toward their supporters after defeating Oita Maizuru 15-0 to win the annual Inter-High School Rugby tournament at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 7.

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(1)Keiko Gakuen wins pennant for 3rd straight year

OSAKA, Japan - Keiko Gakuen players burst out in joy after beating Oita Maizuru 15-0 to clinch the annual Inter-High School Rugby tournament for the third consecutive year at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Osaka on Jan. 7.

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N. Korean freighter leaves Maizuru port

MAIZURU, Japan - The 670-ton North Korean freighter Kuksabong 2 leaves the Maizuru port on June 13, carrying 11 tons of cargo the Mangyongbong-92 cargo-passenger ferry was supposed to transport from Niigata port. The Mangyongbong-92 was to have arrived at Niigata on June 9 but North Korea canceled its visit following news that Tokyo would ban it from carrying passengers if inspections determined it had violated lifeboat standards.

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(2)N. Korean freighter leaves Maizuru port

KYOTO, Japan - The 298-ton North Korean freighter Namsan 3 leaves Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture on June 13 with a full load of secondhand bicycles after Japan granted permission to leave. It had been decided that previous port state control problems cited by authorities to prevent it leaving had been resolved.

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(1)N. Korean freighter leaves Maizuru port

KYOTO, Japan - The 298-ton North Korean freighter Namsan 3A leaves Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture on June 13 after Japan granted permission to leave. It had been decided that previous problems cited by authorities to prevent it leaving had been resolved. (Kyoto)

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Japan stops N. Korean freighter leaving Kyoto port

KYOTO, Japan - Japan on June 10 ordered the 298-ton North Korean freighter Namsan 3 (in photo) not to leave Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, saying it has some structural problems. The freighter was set to carry goods to the North in place of the N. Korean ferry Man Gyong Bong-92, which is at the center of arms and espionage allegations.

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Japan searches N. Korea freighter at port in Kyoto Pref.

KYOTO, Japan - Cargo, which was initially to be transported to North Korea from Niigata by the North Korean ferry Man Gyong Bong-92, is loaded onto the North Korean freighter Namsam 3 at Maizuru Port in Kyoto Prefecture on June 10. Japanese authorities searched the freighter at the port as part of enhanced surveillance on North Korean vessels.

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MSDF ship returns antiterror duties

MAIZURU, Japan - A crew member of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer Haruna holds his daughter Aug. 7 on returning to Maizuru, Kyodo Prefecture after six months in the Indian Ocean providing support to U.S.-led antiterrorism forces there.

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(1)Two Japanese defense ships set sail for Indian Ocean

MAIZURU, Japan - The 4,950-ton destroyer Haruna of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) sets sail from MSDF Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture on Feb. 12. The destroyer will be joined later by the 8,150-ton supply ship Tokiwa and the 3,950-ton destroyer Sawakaze before heading for the Indian Ocean to replace an MSDF fleet deployed there since last November as part of Japan's support for U.S.-led military action against terrorism.

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Court orders gov't to compensate Koreans over 1945 ship loss

KYOTO, Japan - Survivors and relatives of those who died in an explosion on the South Korean transport vessel Ukishimamaru on Aug. 24, 1945 speak at a press conference in Kyoto on Aug. 23. after the Kyoto District Court ordered the Japanese government to pay 45 million yen in compensation to 15 South Koreans over the explosion. The 4,730-ton ship carrying 524 Koreans on their way home from Japan exploded and capsized when the ship was nearing entry to Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture.

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Japanese emperor, empress visit home for elderly

MAIZURU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R, standing) visit residents of a home for the elderly in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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U.S. destroyer Cushing arrives in Japan's Maizuru port

MAIZURU, Japan - The U.S. destroyer Cushing (front) is seen arriving in Maizuru, a port in Kyoto Prefecture facing the Sea of Japan, on Aug. 2 for a five-day stopover for crew leave and provisions. The 9,250-ton vessel is based in Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. It carries Tomahawk cruise missiles, which can carry nuclear warheads.

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MSDF to deploy 2 patrol boats with guided missiles in March

SASEBO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) is set to deploy two 200-ton patrol boats equipped with guided missiles -- Hayabusa (photo) and the Wakataka -- to its naval base in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, in March, MSDF officials said on Jan. 26.

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Japan's 5th Aegis destroyer delivered to MSDF

NAGASAKI, Japan - Crewmembers go on board Japan's fifth Aegis destroyer, the Atago, which was delivered to the Maritime Self-Defense Force at a dockyard in Nagasaki on March 15. Manned by a crew of about 300, the Atago will be home-ported at Maizuru base in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan side. (Kyodo)

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Japanese emperor, empress visit home for elderly

MAIZURU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (R, standing) visit residents of a home for the elderly in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Sept. 30.

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Japan stops N. Korean freighter leaving Kyoto port

KYOTO, Japan - Japan on June 10 ordered the 298-ton North Korean freighter Namsan 3 (in photo) not to leave Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture on the Sea of Japan, saying it has some structural problems. The freighter was set to carry goods to the North in place of the N. Korean ferry Man Gyong Bong-92, which is at the center of arms and espionage allegations. (Kyodo)

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PM Abe attends Coast Guard School graduation ceremony

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a Japan Coast Guard School graduation ceremony in the western Japan city of Maizuru on March 19, 2016. With an eye on China's maritime assertiveness, Abe stressed in a speech the need for international cooperation to protect free and peaceful passage through the sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue worker points to site of 1945 sinking of naval transport ship

Akio Tosa points to the site of the 1945 sinking of a Japanese naval transport ship in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015. He was involved in rescue work following the accident in which the Ukishima Maru carrying Korean laborers and their families from Japan to the Korean port of Busan following the end of World War II apparently hit a U.S. naval mine in Maizuru Bay and sank on Aug. 24, 1945, killing some 550 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue worker recalls 1945 sinking of naval transport ship

Akio Tosa visits a monument dedicated to victims in the 1945 sinking of a Japanese naval transport ship in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 2, 2015. He was involved in rescue work following the accident in which the Ukishima Maru carrying Korean laborers and their families from Japan to the Korean port of Busan following the end of World War II apparently hit a U.S. naval mine in Maizuru Bay and sank on Aug. 24, 1945, killing some 550 people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Victims of Ukishima Maru sinking mourned

Attendants to the memorial ceremony on Aug. 24, 2015, in the western Japan city of Maizuru throw flowers into the sea for those killed in a sinking of Ukishima Maru. The vessel exploded and sank in Maizuru Bay 70 years ago, while taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Victims of Ukishima Maru sinking mourned

Photo taken Aug. 24, 2015, in the western Japan city of Maizuru shows a memorial ceremony for those killed in a sinking of Ukishima Maru, which was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II. The tragedy, in which more than 500 people died, occurred 70 years ago in Maizuru Bay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SNAPSHOT: Victims of Ukishima Maru sinking mourned

Photo taken Aug. 24, 2015, in the western Japan city of Maizuru shows the site of a memorial ceremony for those killed in a sinking of Ukishima Maru, which was taking Korean workers home from Japan following the end of World War II. The tragedy, in which more than 500 people died, occurred 70 years ago in Maizuru Bay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto Pref., Kansai Electric sign nuclear safety accord

(From L) Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co., Keiji Yamada, governor of Kyoto Prefecture, and Ryozo Tatami, mayor of Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture, pose for a photo after signing a trilateral nuclear safety accord at the Kyoto prefectural government offices on Feb. 27, 2015. The accord gives the two local governments more say over the utility's operation of nuclear reactors in nearby Fukui Prefecture and greater access to related information. The city of Maizuru is located less than 5 kilometers away from the Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese soldiers return to Japan after Soviet detention

Former Imperial Japanese Army soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II and assigned to hard labor as prisoners of war mainly in Siberia walk on Japanese soil on June 27, 1949, after arriving at Maizuru port in Kyoto Prefecture aboard the vessel Takasago Maru from Nakhodka in the Soviet Union. After the war, about 660,000 veterans and civilians returning from the Soviet Union, China and the Korean Peninsula arrived at the western Japan port through 1958.