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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 2

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 3

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 4

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

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New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander

The new commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Rear Adm. Ian Johnson, speaks at a change of command ceremony on June 26, 2024, at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo.

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Exercise Malabar joint naval drills

Vice Adm. Akira Saito (far L), commander-in-chief of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Self-Defense Fleet, talks with commanders from U.S., Indian and Australian naval forces before the annual "Exercise Malabar" joint drills begin on Aug. 10, 2023, in Sydney.

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New U.S. Navy commander vows to continue close ties with Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan - New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander Rear Adm. Richard Wren (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Rear Adm. James Kelly prior to a replacement ceremony at the U.S. navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 9. Wren pledged to ''continue'' close and amicable bilateral ties with Japan.

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Coalition officers say Japanese withdrawal would affect unity

MANAMA, Bahrain - Rear Adm. Scott Swift, deputy commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, speaks to Japanese reporters at a U.S. naval facility in Manama on Sept. 11 about Japan's refueling support for the U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in the Indian Ocean.

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U.S. aircraft carrier Reagan to arrive in Yokosuka by October

YOKOHAMA, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Rear Adm. Matthew Carter, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, talks to the press at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 19, 2015. He said the U.S aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan is expected to arrive at the base between September and October 2015. The Ronald Reagan will replace the George Washington which left Japan in May.

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U.S. Navy aircraft takeoff-landing drill

IWOTO ISLAND, Japan - U.S. Naval Forces Japan conduct field carrier landing practice at the runway on Iwoto Island in the Pacific on May 14, 2014.

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U.S. Naval Forces Japan chief apologizes for Okinawa rape

NAHA, Japan - Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, bows to Okinawa Vice Gov. Kanetoshi Yoseda at the prefectural office in Naha on Oct. 23, 2012. On the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors in the prefecture, Cloyd voiced his "deepest, most sincere and most heartfelt apology for the enormous and intolerable suffering and trauma the victim had" and apologized for the "anger and mistrust" the incident has caused among the people of Okinawa.

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U.S. Naval Forces Japan chief apologizes for Okinawa rape

NAHA, Japan - Rear Adm. Dan Cloyd (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, hands a letter of apology to Okinawa Vice Gov. Kanetoshi Yoseda over the alleged rape of a Japanese woman by two U.S. sailors in the prefecture, at the prefectural office in Naha on Oct. 23, 2012.

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Chiefs of Japan, U.S. forces meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, chats with Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a garden at the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington on June 24, 2010. The top military officers of the two countries discussed situations surrounding Japan, including the alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship by North Korea.

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U.S. Navy commander reassures Japan 'safe' from N. Korean rocket

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 30. Kelly reassured the Japanese that their country is safe from potential threats that might be posed by the rocket North Korea plans to launch early next month.

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Top U.S. Navy official meets press over tax driver's murder

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka on April 5. Earlier in the day, Kelly met with the bereaved family of Masaaki Takahashi, a 61-year-old taxi driver who was allegedly killed by 22-year-old U.S. Navy seaman Olatunboson Ugbogu in Yokosuka on March 19, and apologized to them.

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U.S. navy commander offers apology over murder of taxi driver

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly (R) hands a letter of apology to Yokosuka Mayor Roichi Kabaya at Yokosuka city hall on April 3 over the suspected murder of a Japanese taxi driver by a U.S. sailor. Kelly visited the city hall together with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer

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Unionized workers at U.S. military bases in Japan go on strike

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Striking Japanese workers hold a rally outside the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Nov. 21. The workers went on strike, the first nationwide work stoppage action in 16 years by the 16,000-member All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union, to protest proposed cuts in benefits as a result of Japan's plan to curtail host-nation support for U.S. bases.

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U.S. naval officer nabbed in stabbing of Japanese woman in Sasebo

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. James Kelly (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, visited Sasebo Mayor Akira Mitsutake (back to camera) on Oct. 14 to apologize after a U.S. naval officer was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of stabbing a Japanese woman in Sasebo.

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Kelly apologizes over death of Japanese woman in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. James Kelly (L), commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, apologizes to Yokosuka Mayor Ryoichi Kabaya at the Yokosuka city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 6 over the death of a Japanese woman in the city. A 21-year-old U.S. sailor is being held in confinement at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka in connection with the incident.

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Top U.S. naval officer in Japan stresses safety of nuke carrier

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Japan, Rear Adm. James Kelly, holds an interview with reporters Nov. 4. He stressed the safety of the type of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the United States plans to deploy in Japan.

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U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. government and military officials attend a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10 for the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine. Among them were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, and Rear Adm. William Klemm, who was in charge of raising the sunken ship in the U.S. Navy.

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(1)U.S. Navy turns over recovered belongings of Ehime Maru crew

UWAJIMA, Japan - In a ceremony at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Dec. 20, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (R), commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, hands over to Mika Makisawa (C) one of the recovered belongings of the students and crew aboard the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru who went down with the ship following its collision with a U.S. submarine off Hawaii in February.

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U.S. Navy commander in Japan welcomes SDF's dispatch

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, the commander of the U.S. Navy in Japan, speaks at a news conference Sept. 20 at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. He welcomed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pledge to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support to the U.S. military.

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(8)Terrorist attacks

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk is seen berthed at the naval base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 18. The U.S. Forces told Japan they will conduct takeoff and landing drills for Kitty Hawk-based jet fighters at Iojima Island in the Pacific on Sept. 20-26.

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Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (L), the commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, speaks at a press conference June 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Chaplin said the U.S. Navy is confident that the salvage of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, which sank Feb. 9 in a collision with a U.S. Navy submarine, will be successful.

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U.S. to launch Ehime Maru salvage operation in early Aug.

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (C), commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, meets with relatives of the victims of the sunken Ehime Maru in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on June 16 to brief them on U.S. plans to salvage the ill-fated fishery training ship in August.

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U.S. officials at Ehime Maru memorial service

UWAJIMA, Japan - U.S. government and military officials attend a memorial service held in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Jan. 10 for the nine victims of a collision off Hawaii in February 2001 between the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru and a U.S. Navy submarine. Among them were U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, and Rear Adm. William Klemm, who was in charge of raising the sunken ship in the U.S. Navy.

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Top U.S. naval officer in Japan stresses safety of nuke carrier

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Japan, Rear Adm. James Kelly, holds an interview with reporters Nov. 4. He stressed the safety of the type of U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier the United States plans to deploy in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Wake of victim allegedly killed by U.S. sailor YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. James Kelly (4th from L), the commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Japan, makes an offering of incense at a wake of YoshieSato, who was allegedly killed earlier this month by a U.S. sailor inYokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. The photo was taken on Jan. 11, 2006. (pool photo) (Kyodo)

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U.S. navy commander offers apology over murder of taxi driver

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly (R) hands a letter of apology to Yokosuka Mayor Roichi Kabaya at Yokosuka city hall on April 3 over the suspected murder of a Japanese taxi driver by a U.S. sailor. Kelly visited the city hall together with U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (Kyodo)

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U.S. Navy commander reassures Japan 'safe' from N. Korean rocket

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 30. Kelly reassured the Japanese that their country is safe from potential threats that might be posed by the rocket North Korea plans to launch early next month. (Kyodo)

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New U.S. Navy commander vows to continue close ties with Japan

YOKOSUKA, Japan - New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander Rear Adm. Richard Wren (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Rear Adm. James Kelly prior to a replacement ceremony at the U.S. navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 9. Wren pledged to ''continue'' close and amicable bilateral ties with Japan. (Kyodo)

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Guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold deployed at Yokosuka

The guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold arrives to be deployed at a U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, the home of the U.S. Sevent Fleet located south of Tokyo, on Oct. 19, 2015. The vessel is one of the two guided-missile destroyers which the U.S. Navy plans to add to its forward deployed forces in Japan by 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top U.S. Navy official meets press over tax driver's murder

YOKOSUKA, Japan - U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka on April 5. Earlier in the day, Kelly met with the bereaved family of Masaaki Takahashi, a 61-year-old taxi driver who was allegedly killed by 22-year-old U.S. Navy seaman Olatunboson Ugbogu in Yokosuka on March 19, and apologized to them. (Kyodo)

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Kelly apologizes over death of Japanese woman in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. James Kelly (L), commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, apologizes to Yokosuka Mayor Ryoichi Kabaya at the Yokosuka city hall in Kanagawa Prefecture on Jan. 6 over the death of a Japanese woman in the city. A 21-year-old U.S. sailor is being held in confinement at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka in connection with the incident. (Kyodo)

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Unionized workers at U.S. military bases in Japan go on strike

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Striking Japanese workers hold a rally outside the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on Nov. 21. The workers went on strike, the first nationwide work stoppage action in 16 years by the 16,000-member All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union, to protest proposed cuts in benefits as a result of Japan's plan to curtail host-nation support for U.S. bases. (Kyodo)

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U.S. naval officer nabbed in stabbing of Japanese woman in Saseb

SASEBO, Japan - Rear Adm. James Kelly (L), commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, visited Sasebo Mayor Akira Mitsutake (back to camera) on Oct. 14 to apologize after a U.S. naval officer was arrested earlier in the day on suspicion of stabbing a Japanese woman in Sasebo. (Kyodo)

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Chiefs of Japan, U.S. forces meet

WASHINGTON, United States - Gen. Ryoichi Oriki (L), chief of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, chats with Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a garden at the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington on June 24, 2010. The top military officers of the two countries discussed situations surrounding Japan, including the alleged sinking of a South Korean naval ship by North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Okada visits Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) receives a briefing from Commander U.S. Naval Forces Japan Rear Adm. Richard Wren aboard the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier George Washington at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 10, 2010. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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(1)U.S. Navy turns over recovered belongings of Ehime Maru crew

UWAJIMA, Japan - In a ceremony at Uwajima Fisheries High School in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on Dec. 20, Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (R), commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, hands over to Mika Makisawa (C) one of the recovered belongings of the students and crew aboard the Japanese fisheries training ship Ehime Maru who went down with the ship following its collision with a U.S. submarine off Hawaii in February.

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New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander

New U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. Brian Fort (L) shakes hands with his predecessor Rear Adm. Gregory Fenton at the Yokosuka naval base, southwest of Tokyo, on July 10, 2019. Fort assumed the post earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New U.S. Naval Forces Japan commander

Rear Adm. Brian Fort delivers a speech at a ceremony at the Yokosuka naval base, southwest of Tokyo, on July 10, 2019, as he assumes the post of commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rear Admiral Fenton assumes top post of U.S. Naval Forces Japan

Rear Adm. Gregory Fenton (L), who assumed the post of commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan, shakes hands with his predecessor Rear Adm. Matthew Carter at the Yokosuka naval base southwest of Tokyo on June 16, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rear Admiral Fenton assumes top post of U.S. Naval Forces Japan

Rear Adm. Gregory Fenton (R) attends a press conference at the Yokosuka naval base southwest of Tokyo on June 16, 2017, as he succeeded Rear Adm. Matthew Carter as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rear Admiral Fenton assumes top post of U.S. Naval Forces in Japan

Rear Adm. Gregory Fenton addresses a ceremony at the Yokosuka naval base southwest of Tokyo on June 16, 2017, as he succeeded Rear Adm. Matthew Carter as commander of U.S. Naval Forces Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Navy commander in Japan welcomes SDF's dispatch

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin, the commander of the U.S. Navy in Japan, speaks at a news conference Sept. 20 at the Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. He welcomed Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's pledge to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces to provide logistical support to the U.S. military.

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U.S. to launch Ehime Maru salvage operation in early Aug.

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (C), commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, meets with relatives of the victims of the sunken Ehime Maru in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture, on June 16 to brief them on U.S. plans to salvage the ill-fated fishery training ship in August.

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Commander of U.S. Navy in Japan meets with reporters

UWAJIMA, Japan - Rear Adm. Robert Chaplin (L), the commander of U.S. naval forces in Japan, speaks at a press conference June 16 in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Chaplin said the U.S. Navy is confident that the salvage of a Japanese high school fisheries training ship, which sank Feb. 9 in a collision with a U.S. Navy submarine, will be successful.