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Search for Malaysian plane

PERTH, Australia - A Japanese Self-Defense Forces P-3C patrol plane leaves Pearce air force base in Australia on March 24, 2014, to participate in an international search operation in the Indian Ocean for a missing Malaysia Airlines jet.

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Malaysian airplane search operation

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force hold a Japanese flag as they spoke at Subang air force base in Malaysia on March 23, 2014, before leaving for Australia aboard a P-3C patrol plane (back) to take part in an international search for a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner in the Indian Ocean.

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Japan antipiracy operation off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A destroyer (L) and a P-3C patrol plane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force take part in an antipiracy operation off the Gulf of Aden, Somalia, on March 22, 2014.

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Japan antipiracy operation off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force member (L) takes photos of a vessel from a P-3C patrol plane during an antipiracy operation off the Gulf of Aden, Somalia, on March 22, 2014.

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Search for Malaysia Airlines plane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A P-3C patrol plane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force arrives at an air base near Kuala Lumpur on March 14, 2014, to join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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Japan ready to join int'l search for missing Malaysian plane

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Japan's eight-member advance team arrives at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 12, 2014, to prepare for the arrival of two C-130 transport aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force and two P-3C patrol planes of the Maritime Self-Defense Force that will join international efforts to search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane missing since March 8.

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MSDF patrol plane flies over drift ice in Okhotsk Sea

AOMORI, Japan - A P-3C patrol plane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flies over drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk on Feb. 6, 2014.

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Taiwanese President Ma

PINGTUNG, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou poses on a P-3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft at the Pingtung Air Force Base in southern Taiwan on Oct. 31, 2013, at a welcoming ceremony just over a month after the plane, the first of a batch of 12, was delivered by the United States.

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Taiwanese President Ma

PINGTUNG, Taiwan - Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou speaks at a welcoming ceremony for P-3C Orion submarine-hunting aircraft at the Pingtung Air Force Base in southern Taiwan on Oct. 31, 2013, just over a month after the first of a batch of 12 was delivered by the United States.

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SDF patrol plane

KAKAMIGAHARA, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the first delivery of the P-1 jet, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on March 26, 2013. The P-1 jet was domestically developed to replace the current P-3C planes.

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SDF patrol plane

KAKAMIGAHARA, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the first delivery of the P-1 jet, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on March 26, 2013. The P-1 jet was domestically developed to replace the current P-3C planes.

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SDF patrol plane

KAKAMIGAHARA, Japan - Photo shows one of the first P-1 jets, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, during a ceremony at a Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. plant in Kakamigahara, Gifu Prefecture, on March 26, 2013. The ceremony marked the first delivery of the P-1 jet, domestically developed to replace the current P-3C planes.

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Japan training flight over E. China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force shows fellow P-3C planes flying in formation for training over the East China Sea at a location about 40 kilometers west of the Okinawa main island on Jan. 7, 2013.

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Japan training flight over E. China Sea

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force shows fellow P-3C planes flying in formation for training over the East China Sea at a location about 40 kilometers west of the Okinawa main island on Jan. 7, 2013.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft observes the scene in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken July 9, 2012, shows a propeller of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during antipiracy operations. A Chinese navy ship (front) is seen escorting a merchant ship sailing through the area.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - An officer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force takes photographs from an MSDF P-3C patrol aircraft over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol in Gulf of Aden

TOKYO, Japan - The pilot of a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft observes the scene in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on July 9, 2012, during antipiracy operations. To the lower left is the MSDF's escort vessel Sawagiri.

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Gas field in East China Sea

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in September 2005 from a Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C patrol aircraft shows a natural gas field in the East China Sea, known as Shirakaba in Japan and Chunxiao in China, where the Japanese and Chinese governments plan a joint gas development project.

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MSDF P-3C around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - A P-3C patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force flies around Uotsuri Island, one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. The MSDF dispatches the patrol aircraft to the East China Sea once a day. (Pool Photo)

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Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers heading for a mission to escort merchant and other civilian vessels in pirate-infested waters off Somalia from a port in Djibouti on July 8, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to extend the MSDF's antipiracy mission in East Africa, due to end July 23, by one year.

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Guarding Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard a P-3C patrol airplane examine ships from above the East China Sea around the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, on Sept. 15, 2010. Tension between Japan and China has tightened over the territorial row.

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Guarding Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's P-3C patrol airplane on Sept. 15, 2010. Tension between Japan and China has heightened over the territorial row.

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sees another flying over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Two crew members aboard a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force try to identify a ship sailing below in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The pilot of a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force sees another flying over the Gulf of Aden off Somalia during an antipiracy patrol flight open to the press Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force flies over the MSDF's destroyer Takanami on an antipiracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia on Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan's antipiracy patrol flight over Gulf of Aden

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - A crew member looks through binoculars at the Gulf of Aden off Somalia from a P-3C airplane of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force during an antipiracy patrol flight Jan. 19, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somalia

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - Two P-3C surveillance aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly by the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, over the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The planes complement the destroyers, which have been escorting Japanese-related commercial ships since late March, by conducting surveillance flights over the gulf. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japanese aircraft on antipiracy mission arrive in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Two P-3C aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force on an antipiracy mission arrive at an airport in Djibouti on May 31, where they will be based during their first overseas mission. The aircraft will start patrolling from mid-June in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia.

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Japan sends patrol aircraft on antipiracy mission off Somalia

ATSUGI, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C aircraft are sent off at Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 28 on an antipiracy mission off Somalia, marking the first overseas mission for the MSDF's patrol planes.

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Advance team for antipiracy aircraft operations leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Members of an advance team of the Self-Defense Forces are seen off by senior SDF officials at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on May 18 prior to their departure for Djibouti to prepare for P-3C patrol aircraft operations off Somalia.

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(2) Japan protests to China over submarine intrusion, demands apology

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11 shows a P-3C patrol plane and a helicopter of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force trying to detect a suspected nuclear submarine that intruded into Japanese waters. Japan determined that the submarine belongs to the Chinese Navy and lodged a strong protest with China later in the day.

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MSDF warship practices firing missiles in RIMPAC 2000

HONOLULU, United States - A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) warship practices firing antiaircraft missiles June 5 in RIMPAC 2000, a series of joint military drills involving seven countries in waters off Hawaii. The Aegis-type vessel is one of eight warships dispatched by the MSDF, which has also sent about 2,000 sailors, a submarine and eight P-3C antisubmarine aircraft to take part in the monthlong exercises which began May 30.

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Advance team for antipiracy aircraft operations leaves Japan

NARITA, Japan - Members of an advance team of the Self-Defense Forces are seen off by senior SDF officials at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on May 18 prior to their departure for Djibouti to prepare for P-3C patrol aircraft operations off Somalia. (Kyodo)

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Japan sends patrol aircraft on antipiracy mission off Somalia

ATSUGI, Japan - Two Maritime Self-Defense Force P-3C aircraft are sent off at Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 28 on an antipiracy mission off Somalia, marking the first overseas mission for the MSDF's patrol planes. (Kyodo)

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Japanese aircraft on antipiracy mission arrive in Djibouti

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Two P-3C aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force on an antipiracy mission arrive at an airport in Djibouti on May 31, where they will be based during their first overseas mission. The aircraft will start patrolling from mid-June in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. (Kyodo)

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Tension fills Japanese force involved in antipiracy ops off Somal

IN THE GULF OF ADEN, Djibouti - Two P-3C surveillance aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force fly by the Sazanami, one of two MSDF destroyers dispatched on an antipiracy mission off the coast of Somalia, over the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden on June 6. The planes complement the destroyers, which have been escorting Japanese-related commercial ships since late March, by conducting surveillance flights over the gulf. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Chinese naval ship briefly enters Japan's territorial waters: gov't

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2016. Seko said Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft spotted a Chinese navy ship sailing in Japan's territorial waters to the west of Kuchinoerabu Island at around 3:30 a.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China defends spy ship's activities near Japan's Senkakus

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei defends as normal recent activities by one of its naval intelligence ships near the Japan-controlled Senkaku Islands at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Nov. 13, 2015. Japan's Defense Ministry said a day earlier that a P-3C patrol aircraft spotted the vessel moving back and forth near the islands claimed by China, which calls them Diaoyu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF P-3C lands at Philippine airport

A P-3C patrol aircraft of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force lands at an airport in Puerto Princesa on the Philippine island of Palawan on June 23, 2015, with the U.S. Navy's P-3C seen in the foreground. The MSDF and the Philippine military conducted their first-ever joint training off the island near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF plane parked at Philippine airport

A P-3C patrol aircraft of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is seen at an airport in Puerto Princesa on the Philippine island of Palawan on June 23, 2015. The MSDF and the Philippine military conducted their first-ever joint exercise in the waters off the island near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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P-1 patrol plane's interior unveiled to media for 1st time

Japan's first domestically developed P-1 maritime patrol aircraft is seen at Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 25, 2015, as the inside of the plane is unveiled to the media for the first time. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. developed the plane as a replacement for the P-3C produced by Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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P-1 patrol plane's interior unveiled to media for 1st time

An officer of Japan's Maritime-Defense Force sits in the cockpit of Japan's first domestically developed P-1 maritime patrol aircraft as the inside of the plane is unveiled to the media for the first time at the force's base in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 25, 2015. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. developed the plane as a replacement for the P-3C produced by Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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P-1 patrol plane's interior unveiled to media for 1st time

The cockpit of Japan's first domestically developed P-1 maritime patrol aircraft is unveiled to the media for the first time at Maritime Self-Defense Force's base in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 25, 2015. Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. developed the plane as a replacement for the P-3C produced by Lockheed Martin Corp. of the United States. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2) Japan protests to China over submarine intrusion, demands ap

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11 shows a P-3C patrol plane and a helicopter of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force trying to detect a suspected nuclear submarine that intruded into Japanese waters. Japan determined that the submarine belongs to the Chinese Navy and lodged a strong protest with China later in the day. (Kyodo)

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MSDF P-3C around Senkaku Islands

TOKYO, Japan - A P-3C patrol aircraft of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force flies around Uotsuri Island, one of the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, on Oct. 13, 2011. The MSDF dispatches the patrol aircraft to the East China Sea once a day. (Pool Photo)(Kyodo)

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Guarding Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows Uotsuri Island of the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's P-3C patrol airplane on Sept. 15, 2010. Tension between Japan and China has heightened over the territorial row. (Kyodo)

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Guarding Senkakus

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard a P-3C patrol airplane examine ships from above the East China Sea around the disputed Senkaku Islands, called Diaoyu in China, on Sept. 15, 2010. Tension between Japan and China has tightened over the territorial row. (Kyodo)

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Japan's antipiracy mission off Somalia

DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - Photo taken from a P-3C patrol plane shows two Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers heading for a mission to escort merchant and other civilian vessels in pirate-infested waters off Somalia from a port in Djibouti on July 8, 2011. The Japanese government has decided to extend the MSDF's antipiracy mission in East Africa, due to end July 23, by one year. (Kyodo)