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Japan defense minister Kihara on SDF chopper crash

TOKYO, Japan, July 9 Kyodo -Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara holds a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on July 9, 2024, at which he released the results of an investigation into the deadly collision of two Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters in April over the Pacific during a night drill.(Kyodo)

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

IZU, Japan Kyodo -Video taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.(Kyodo)

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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Search after MSDF choppers crash

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on April 22, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter searching for crew members missing after two MSDF helicopters crashed during a drill in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu island chain in the Pacific on April 20.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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2 Japan MSDF choppers crash in Pacific

Photo taken from a Kyodo News plane on April 21, 2024, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship searching for two MSDF helicopters in waters east of Torishima Island in the Izu Island chain in the Pacific after they crashed during a drill the night before, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven missing.

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(2)2 missing after ships collide off Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Damage to the bow of the 499-ton freighter Fukujin Maru is seen as the ship is anchored off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture on March 14. It collided with the 426-ton survey vessel Torishima, owned by Tokyo sea survey firm Tankai Senpaku, in the Pacific off Wakayama's Cape Shionomisaki earlier in the day. The Torishima sank and two of its crew went missing.

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Japan, U.S. to study ecology of short-tailed albatross

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo taken in March 2000 on Torishima Island, south of Tokyo, shows short-tailed albatrosses, one of three North Pacific species listed as endangered under the World Conservation Union. U.S. officials said May 1 Japan and the United States will research the ecology of the bird to determine what makes an ideal albatross habitat.

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Torishima Island volcano erupts for 1st time in 63 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - A column of white smoke is seen spewing Aug. 12 from Mt. Io on Torishima Island in the Izu islands south of Tokyo. The volcano on the uninhabited island erupted for the first time in 63 years. Photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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(2)2 missing after ships collide off Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Damage to the bow of the 499-ton freighter Fukujin Maru is seen as the ship is anchored off Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture on March 14. It collided with the 426-ton survey vessel Torishima, owned by Tokyo sea survey firm Tankai Senpaku, in the Pacific off Wakayama's Cape Shionomisaki earlier in the day. The Torishima sank and two of its crew went missing. (Kyodo)

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Symposium on maritime tourism held in Tokyo

A symposium is held under the theme of maritime tourism in Tokyo on Feb. 13, 2015. Participants emphasized the need to make full use of remotely situated frontier islands in the Pacific such as Minami-Torishima and Okino-Torishima as tourist destinations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)Torishima Island volcano erupts for 1st time in 63 years

TOKYO, Japan - Mt. Io on Torishima Island south of Tokyo spews smoke Aug. 12 after erupting for the first time in 63 years. Photo was provided by the Japan Coast Guard. (Kyodo)

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(1)2 missing after ships collide off Wakayama

WAKAYAMA, Japan - The 426-ton survey vessel Torishima of Tankai Senpaku, a Tokyo-based deep-sea survey company, sank after colliding with the 499-ton freighter Fukujin Maru in the Pacific off Cape Shionomisaki, Wakayama Prefecture, on March 14. Two of its crew went missing. Photo provided by Tankai Senpaku. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. to study ecology of short-tailed albatross

WASHINGTON, United States - Photo taken in March 2000 on Torishima Island, south of Tokyo, shows short-tailed albatrosses, one of three North Pacific species listed as endangered under the World Conservation Union. U.S. officials said May 1 Japan and the United States will research the ecology of the bird to determine what makes an ideal albatross habitat.