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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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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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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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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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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.