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Indian frigate in Sasebo

Capt. Rajat Kumar of the Indian Navy frigate Sahyadri speaks during a welcome ceremony at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025, as the vessel makes a port call as part of bilateral defense cooperation.

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Indian frigate in Sasebo

The Indian Navy frigate Sahyadri is pictured at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 28, 2025, during its port call as part of bilateral defense cooperation.

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U.S. Navy deploys amphibious assault ship at Sasebo base

SASEBO, Japan, June 24 Kyodo - Video taken on June 23, 2025, shows the deck of the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship Tripoli, unveiled to the media at its base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Navy deploys amphibious assault ship at Sasebo base

Photo taken on June 23, 2025, shows the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship Tripoli, unveiled to the media at its base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki.

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U.S. Navy deploys amphibious assault ship at Sasebo base

Photo taken on June 23, 2025, shows the deck of the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship Tripoli, unveiled to the media at its base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki.

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U.S. Navy deploys amphibious assault ship at Sasebo base

Photo taken on June 23, 2025, shows the U.S. Navy's amphibious assault ship Tripoli, unveiled to the media at its base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki.

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U.S. amphibious transport dock ship San Diego

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows the interior of the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship San Diego at a U.S. Navy base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. The U.S. Navy unveiled the ship to the media a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise, with a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade boat seen in the picture.

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U.S. amphibious transport dock ship San Diego

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows the interior of the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship San Diego at a U.S. Navy base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. The U.S. Navy unveiled the ship to the media a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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U.S. amphibious transport dock ship San Diego

Photo taken on Oct. 22, 2024, shows the interior of the U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship San Diego at a U.S. Navy base in Sasebo in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Nagasaki. The U.S. Navy unveiled the ship to the media a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, hold a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill in Sasebo

Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida (R), chief of the Japan Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff, and Adm. Steven Koehler, the U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, shake hands after a joint press conference aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego at U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo, a U.S. Navy base in the southwestern city of Sasebo on Oct. 22, 2024, a day before the start of the joint Japan-U.S. "Keen Sword" exercise.

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MSDF ship returns home after Indian Ocean antiterrorism mission

SASEBO, Japan - A Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel (R) is reunited with his family on a pier at the MSDF base in Sasebo Port in Nagasaki Prefecture on Aug. 26 upon returning to the port aboard the 8,150-ton Hamana after having ended a mission to refuel vessels undertaking U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean.

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New U.S. amphibious assault ship deployed in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan, Dec. 9 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 6, 2019, shows the deck of the U.S. Navy's newest amphibious assault ship America at Sasebo base in southwestern Japan. The vessel was deployed at the base the same day, replacing the Wasp.

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India, U.S., Japan start joint naval exercise

NAGASAKI, Japan - Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Rear Adm. Hidetoshi Iwasaki (R) joins Indian and U.S. naval officers at a press conference before the start of a weeklong joint exercise in the Pacific Ocean at the U.S. Navy's base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014.

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Defense minister visits base

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera views a landing drill at a Ground Self-Defense Force base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 2, 2014.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Chokai, an Aegis destroyer carrying an SM-3 missile interceptor, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan deploys missile interceptors

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Myoko (front) and the Kongo, Aegis destroyers carrying SM-3 missile interceptors, leaving the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012. A total of three Aegis destroyers armed with SM-3 missile interceptors left the port for deployment in the East China Sea and Sea of Japan to intercept a North Korean rocket if it appears to be falling on Japanese territory. North Korea says it plans to launch a rocket carrying an "earth observation satellite" sometime between Dec. 10 and 22.

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Japan defense chief

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto speaks during a ceremony at a base of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2012.

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Japan defense chief

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto attends a ceremony at a base of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 24, 2012.

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U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship Bonhomme Richard

SASEBO, Japan - The Bonhomme Richard, a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship, arrives at a naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on April 9, 2012, to replace the Essex, the amphibious assault ship currently stationed there, on April 23.

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USS Patriot visits Sakaiminato

YONAGO, Japan - Lt. Cmdr. Suzanne Schang (2nd from R), commanding officer of the USS Patriot, is pictured inside the ship at Sakai port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture on March 5, 2012. The 1,250-ton minesweeper, deployed at the U.S. Navy's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, arrived at the port the same day to promote friendship with local residents, according to the U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe.

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USS Patriot visits Sakaiminato

YONAGO, Japan - The USS Patriot arrives at Sakai port in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture on March 5, 2012. The 1,250-ton minesweeper, deployed at the U.S. Navy's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture, visited there to promote friendship with local residents, according to the U.S. Consulate General Osaka-Kobe.

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Japan-U.S. defense drills begin

SASEBO, Japan - A ceremony is held at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2010, to mark the beginning of Japan-U.S. defense exercises. South Korea is taking part for the first time as an observer in the largest-ever joint exercises, which run through Dec. 10, amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Japan-U.S. defense drills begin

SASEBO, Japan - A ceremony is held at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec. 3, 2010, to mark the beginning of Japan-U.S. defense exercises. South Korea is taking part for the first time as an observer in the largest-ever joint exercises, which run through Dec. 10, amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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Japan's Aegis destroyers sent to Sea of Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Aegis guided-missile destroyer Kongou leaves its base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the Sea of Japan on March 28 to prepare to intercept a rocket North Korea plans to launch if it falls into Japanese territory.

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Japan's Aegis destroyers sent to Sea of Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Photo taken March 28 shows a system to launch missile interceptors on the Japanese Aegis guided-missile destroyer Choukai, which left its base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the Sea of Japan on March 28 to prepare to intercept a rocket North Korea plans to launch if the rocket falls into Japanese territory.

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Japan's Aegis destroyers sent to Sea of Japan

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Aegis guided-missile destroyer Choukai leaves its base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the Sea of Japan on March 28 to prepare to intercept a rocket North Korea plans to launch if it falls into Japanese territory.

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Japan's Aegis destroyers sent to Sea of Japan

SASEBO, Japan - Japanese Aegis guided-missile destroyers, the Choukai (front) and the Kongou (in back) leave their base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, for the Sea of Japan on March 28 to prepare to intercept a rocket North Korea plans to launch if it falls into Japanese territory.

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Japan orders N. Korean rocket destruction

SASEBO, Japan - The Aegis destroyers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, the Kongou (L) and the Choukai, dock at the MSDF base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on March 27. The destroyers are equipped with the launcher of the Standard Missile-3 which can intercept a ballistic missile in space.

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U.S. nuclear sub calls at Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine La Jolla enters the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, Aug. 4 after another U.S. nuclear-powered sub was found to have leaked a small amount of radiation at the port in March.

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U.S. nuclear aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan visits Sasebo port

FUKUOKA, Japan - The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan enters Sasebo Port in Nagasaki Prefecture, where a U.S. Navy base is located, on July 28. The 102,000-ton Ronald Reagan is the 10th nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to visit Sasebo since the Enterprise stopped there in 1968.

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Support ship leaves Japan to join refueling mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The 13,500-ton Oumi, a Maritime Self-Defense Force support ship, sails off Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Jan. 25 after leaving a base in Sasebo to join the Murasame, a destroyer that departed from a different port the previous day for antiterrorism refueling operations in the Indian Ocean.

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Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - A crew member of the Japanese destroyer Kirisame poses for a photo with his daughter on landing at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22. The 4,550-ton vessel, which had been dispatched to the Indian Ocean on refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and near Afghanistan, returned home after a temporary law authorizing the mission expired Nov. 1.

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Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Japanese destroyer Kirisame, which had been dispatched to the Indian Ocean on refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and near Afghanistan, cruises to the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22 after a temporary law authorizing the mission expired Nov. 1.

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Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Japanese destroyer Kirisame, which had been dispatched to the Indian Ocean on refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and near Afghanistan, is back home at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22 after a temporary law authorizing the mission expired Nov. 1.

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Japan destroyer returns home from antiterror mission

NAGASAKI, Japan - The Japanese destroyer Kirisame, which had been dispatched to the Indian Ocean on refueling mission in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and near Afghanistan, is about to berth at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 22. The 4,550-ton vessel returned home after a temporary law authorizing the mission expired Nov. 1.

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Commander apologizes for fire at U.S. Navy's ammunition depot

SASEBO, Japan - Capt. Tilghman Payne (R), commander at the Fleet Activities Sasebo naval base, meets with Sasebo Mayor Akira Mitsutake at the city hall on Oct. 22 to convey his apologies for worrying city residents about the fire that occurred at a woodworking shop at the Maehata ammunition depot the previous day.

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Fire breaks out in compound of U.S. Navy ammunition depot in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woodworking facility blazes up at the Maehata ammunition depot of the U.S. Navy in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Oct. 21. Officials at the Sasebo base of the U.S. military said the facility is located far from where ammunitions are stored.

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Japan women join antiterror mission in Indian Ocean for 1st time

SASEBO, Japan - Female crew members of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force's fleet support ship Oumi line up for photos before the 13,55-ton ship leaves the MSDF Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on March 14 for the Indian Ocean. A total of 16 women were deployed in the area for the first time in an operation that began in 2001 based on a special law against terrorism.

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Captain of MSDF ship witnessed vast number of bodies off Phuket

SASEBO, Japan - Cmdr. Makoto Fukahori, captain of the Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel Hamana, speaks to reporters at the MSDF's Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 10 about the vessel's search operations off the Thai resort island of Phuket for victims of the tsunami disaster.

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(2)Japan's Aegis destroyer heads for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The 7,250-ton destroyer of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) with the advanced Aegis air defense system sails in the South China Seas for the Indian Ocean on April 10 after leaving Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture as part of Japan's efforts to provide rear-area support for U.S.-led counterterrorism military operations mainly in Afghanistan.

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(1)Japan's Aegis destroyer heads for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) destroyer Kongou with the advanced Aegis air defense system sets sail from Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture for the Indian Ocean on April 10 as part of Japan's efforts to provide rear-area support for U.S.-led counterterrorism military operations mainly in Afghanistan.

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2 high-speed, guided-missile patrol boats deployed at Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - Two 200-ton, high-speed, guided-missile patrol boats of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) are anchored at the MSDF's base in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on March 26. The MSDF deployed the two boats as part of its efforts to defend against unidentified vessels.

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(2)Aegis-equipped Kongou living quarters shown to press

SASEBO, Japan - The physical training room of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped Kongou is shown to the press on Jan. 17 at Sasebo Base in Nagasaki Prefecture.

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(1)Aegis-equipped Kongou's living quarters shown to press

SASEBO, Japan - The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis-equipped Kongou is seen at Sasebo Base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Jan. 17, the same day its living quarters were shown to the press.