MSDF chief of staff Sakai

MSDF chief of staff Sakai

Adm. Ryo Sakai, chief of staff of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2024, after the Defense Ministry declared dead seven crewmen listed as missing following a collision between two Japanese MSDF patrol helicopters during a night drill in the Pacific Ocean in April.

2 Chinese crewmen nabbed over freighter-boat collision

2 Chinese crewmen nabbed over freighter-boat collision

YONAGO, Japan - Photo shows a container ship moored at Sakai port in Tottori Prefecture on April 19, 2012. The Japan Coast Guard arrested two Chinese crew members of the container ship the same day over a fatal collision with a Japanese fishing boat off Suzu, Ishikawa prefecture.

Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Chiba

Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Chiba

KISARAZU, Japan - Two Buddhist priests recite a sutra during the first memorial service held in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 8 for 12 American airmen who died when their B-29 bomber was shot down by Japanese artillery fire during World War II. About 150 Japanese and American nationals attended the service, among them Col. Edward McAllister of the U.S. air force, an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

(3)3 crewmen abducted by pirates confirmed safe

(3)3 crewmen abducted by pirates confirmed safe

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Chieko Kuroda (R), wife of Japanese tugboat chief engineer Shunji Kuroda, and their two daughters smile as they speak to reporters in Kitakyushu on March 21 on the release of her husband by the pirates in Thailand the previous day.

2 Japanese die in Seto Inland Sea ship collision

2 Japanese die in Seto Inland Sea ship collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - Two Japan Coast Guard ships search for debris near the 1,573-ton Honduras-registered freighter Rose-River which collided with a small Japanese cargo ship in the Seto Inland Sea on June 5. The collision left two Japanese crewmen of the cargo ship dead.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

File photo taken June 17, 2017, shows a Philippine-flagged container ship that was involved in a fatal collision with the U.S. Navy's Aegis missile defense system-equipped destroyer Fitzgerald to the south of Tokyo Bay. The Shimoda office of the Japan Coast Guard referred to prosecutors two crewmen, one each from the two vessels, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

File photo taken June 17, 2017, shows a Philippine-flagged container ship that was involved in a fatal collision with the U.S. Navy's Aegis missile defense system-equipped destroyer Fitzgerald to the south of Tokyo Bay. The Shimoda office of the Japan Coast Guard referred to prosecutors two crewmen, one each from the two vessels, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

File photo taken June 17, 2017, shows the U.S. Navy's Aegis missile defense system-equipped destroyer Fitzgerald that was involved in a fatal collision with a Philippine-flagged container ship to the south of Tokyo Bay. The Shimoda office of the Japan Coast Guard referred to prosecutors two crewmen, one each from the two vessels, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

2 crewmen sent to prosecutors over U.S. destroyer, ship collision

File photo taken June 17, 2017, shows the U.S. Navy's Aegis missile defense system-equipped destroyer Fitzgerald that was involved in a fatal collision with a Philippine-flagged container ship to the south of Tokyo Bay. The Shimoda office of the Japan Coast Guard referred to prosecutors two crewmen, one each from the two vessels, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Japanese die in Seto Inland Sea ship collision

2 Japanese die in Seto Inland Sea ship collision

OKAYAMA, Japan - Two Japan Coast Guard ships search for debris near the 1,573-ton Honduras-registered freighter Rose-River which collided with a small Japanese cargo ship in the Seto Inland Sea on June 5. The collision left two Japanese crewmen of the cargo ship dead.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.