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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (R) and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (R) and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (R) and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (R) and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo (R) and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Finland's Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen aboard Finnish Border Guard's ship Turva during her brief visit in Helsinki, Finland, on August 29, 2025, left commanding officer, commodore Mikko Simola. LEHTIKUVA / ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Antti Aimo-Koivisto/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, fourth left, and her husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, second left, tour HMCS Vancouver with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, third left, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, right, walks with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, as they walk to tour HMCS Vancouver, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princess Anne At HMCS Max Bernays Commissioning Ceremony - Vancouver

Princess Anne, right, walks with Royal Canadian Navy Commodore David Mazur, Commander of the Canadian Fleet Pacific, past torpedo launchers during a tour of HMCS Vancouver, before a commissioning ceremony for HMCS Max Bernays as part of Fleet Week in North Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, May 3, 2024. HMCS Max Bernays is the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel to join the Royal Canadian Navy's Pacific fleet. Photo by Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Freezing Winds 23

Captain James Allen (left), Colonel Kevin Latchman (c) and Commodore Mikko Laakkonen pose during the Freezing Winds 23 excersice onboard the landing ship dock RFA Mounts Bay of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom in the Gulf of Finland on November 27, 2023. The autumn's main exercise Freezing Winds 23 led by the Finnish Navy is the first major naval exercise led by Finland as a member of NATO. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Freezing Winds 23

Captain James Allen (left) and Commodore Mikko Laakkonen during the Freezing Winds 23 excersice onboard the landing ship dock RFA Mounts Bay of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom in the Gulf of Finland on November 27, 2023. The autumn's main exercise Freezing Winds 23 led by the Finnish Navy is the first major naval exercise led by Finland as a member of NATO. LEHTIKUVA / MARKKU ULANDER - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Markku Ulander/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued

STORY: At least 10 killed in Philippine ferry fire, over 200 rescued DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ferry fire 2. pictures of the rescue effort STORYLINE: A ferry carrying more than 200 people caught fire in the southern Philippines late Wednesday night, killing at least 10 passengers, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said Thursday. Commodore Marco Antonio Gines, the commander of the PCG District in Southwestern Mindanao, said the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, a passenger and cargo vessel, was headed to Jolo from Zamboanga City when it caught fire in the waters off Baluk-Baluk Island in Hadji Muhtamad town of Basilan province past 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. Nixon Alonzo, the chief of disaster reduction and management office in Basilan province, told a local radio that authorities are verifying reports that seven more passengers who jumped into the sea are missing. At least 195 passengers and 35 crew members have been rescued.

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Audubon's 'Birds of America' reproduced in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - One of the reproduced illustrations of John Audubon's "The Birds of America" is shown on Dec. 9, 2014, in Tokyo. U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry who sailed to Japan in 1853 gave the book to the Tokugawa shogun. The year 2014 marks the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity.

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160th anniv. of Commodore Perry's arrival

HAKODATE, Japan - A ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the arrival of a U.S. naval fleet led by Commodore Matthew Perry is held at Perry's Square in the city of Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on May 20, 2014.

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160th anniv. of U.S. naval fleet to Hakodate held

HAKODATE, Japan - Hakodate Mayor Toshiki Kudo and Henry Winthrop, mayor of Newport in Rhode Island, jointly pay floral tribute at Perry's Square in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on May 20, 2014 in a ceremony marking the 160th anniversary of the arrival of a U.S. naval fleet led by Commodore Matthew Perry.

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Concert reenacts music played on Perry's black ship

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A concert is held in Yokohama west of Tokyo on March 27, 2014, reenacting the music played on Commodore Perry's black ship during its visit to Japan in 1853. The event was held to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the Japan-U.S. Treaty of Peace and Amity that opened Japan to the rest of the world following its policy of seclusion.

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19th century U.S. clock still ticking in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - This undated photo shows a clock that Commodore Perry from the United States presented to a samurai in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1854. The clock, made around 1850 in the United States and now ticking again after repair, was put on public display at the Yokohama Archives of History museum on May 29, 2010.

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(2)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - A person disguised as U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (R) and his men land at Shimoda port during a ceremony held at the city's Commodore Perry Memorial Park on March 31 to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port.

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(1)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - Shimoda Mayor Naoki Ishii (C) ignites the ''Light of Japan-U.S. Amity'' during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port held at the city's Commodore (Matthew C.) Perry Memorial Park on March 31. Commodore Perry landed at Shimoda port following the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the two countries on March 31, 1854.

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150th anniversary of Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan marked

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Sailboats parade off Yokosuka in Tokyo Bay on May 3 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry led a squadron of four ships and took anchor at Uraga near Yokosuka, a mission that prompted Japan to end more than 200 years of national seclusion and conclude a treaty with the United States the following year.

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'Black ship' replica visits Japan

The Pride of Baltimore II, a replica of a ''black ship''similar to one used by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry in the 1850s, enters Osaka Bay in western Japan on June 21 as part of an around-the-world goodwill voyage. Perry sailed into Japan in 1853 to end more than 200 years of Japanese isolation.

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Maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22

Commodore Jeanette Morang of the Royal Netherlands Navy during the maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22 led by the Finnish Navy in the Archipelago Sea off Kasnäs, Finland, on November 24, 2022. Troops from the Finnish Navy, Army and Air Force as well as a number of international partners take part in this international naval exercise. One of the objectives of the exercise is to rehearse international joint operations in the demanding weather conditions of the late autumn. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22

Commodore Jeanette Morang of the Royal Netherlands Navy during the maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22 led by the Finnish Navy in the Archipelago Sea off Kasnäs, Finland, on November 24, 2022. Troops from the Finnish Navy, Army and Air Force as well as a number of international partners take part in this international naval exercise. One of the objectives of the exercise is to rehearse international joint operations in the demanding weather conditions of the late autumn. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22

Chief of Staff of the Finnish Navy, Commodore Jukka Anteroinen on the Finnish Hämeenmaa-class minelayer vessel during the maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22 led by the Finnish Navy in the Archipelago Sea off Kasnäs, Finland, on November 24, 2022. Troops from the Finnish Navy, Army and Air Force as well as a number of international partners take part in this international naval exercise. One of the objectives of the exercise is to rehearse international joint operations in the demanding weather conditions of the late autumn. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22

Chief of Staff of the Finnish Navy, Commodore Jukka Anteroinen in the Finnish Hämeenmaa-class minelayer vessel during the maritime defence exercise Freezing Winds 22 led by the Finnish Navy in the Archipelago Sea off Kasnäs, Finland, on November 24, 2022. Troops from the Finnish Navy, Army and Air Force as well as a number of international partners take part in this international naval exercise. One of the objectives of the exercise is to rehearse international joint operations in the demanding weather conditions of the late autumn. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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150th anniversary of Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan marked

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Sailboats parade off Yokosuka in Tokyo Bay on May 3 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry's arrival in Japan in 1853. Perry led a squadron of four ships and took anchor at Uraga near Yokosuka, a mission that prompted Japan to end more than 200 years of national seclusion and conclude a treaty with the United States the following year. (Kyodo)

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Maverick (1994)

James Coburn, Jodie Foster & Mel Gibson Characters: Commodore Duvall,Annabelle Bransford & Bret Maverick Film: Maverick (1994) Director: Richard Donner 20 May 1994 Date: 20 May 1994

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The Bedford Incident - film (1965)

Eric Portman & Sidney Poitier Characters: Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke Deutsche Marine & Ben Munceford Film: The Bedford Incident (1965) Director: James B. Harris 28 September 1965 Date: 28-Sep-65

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The Bedford Incident - film (1965)

Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier & Eric Portman Characters: Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N., Ben Munceford, Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke Deutsche Marine Film: The Bedford Incident (1965) Director: James B. Harris 28 September 1965 Zwischenfall im Atlantik (The Bedford Incident, GB/USA 1965, Regie: James B. Harris) Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman /Offiziere auf der Brｸcke eines amerikanischen Zerst

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The Bedford Incident - film (1965)

Richard Widmark & Eric Portman Characters: Captain Eric Finlander U.S.N., Commodore Wolfgang Schrepke Deutsche Marine Film: The Bedford Incident (1964) Director: James B. Harris 28 September 1965 Zwischenfall im Atlantik (The Bedford Incident, GB/USA 1965, Regie: James B. Harris) Richard Widmark, Eric Portman /Operationszentrale (OPZ) eines amerikanischen Zerst

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U.S. Navy band parades at "Black Ship Festival" in Shizuoka Pref.

A U.S. Navy band parades during the Black Ship Festival in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on May 16, 2015. The festival celebrates the arrival in Japan in 1853 of a squadron of U.S. vessels -- then called "Black Ships" -- led by Commodore Matthew Perry on a mission to demand the isolationist country's opening to the rest of the world. (Photo courtesy of Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. Marines lead "Black Ship Festival" parade in Shizuoka Pref.

A group of U.S. Marines, holding the Japanese and U.S. national flags, leads a parade at the Black Ship Festival in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, on May 16, 2015. The festival celebrates the arrival in Japan in 1853 of a squadron of U.S. vessels -- then called "Black Ships" -- led by Commodore Matthew Perry on a mission to demand the secluded country's opening to the rest of the world. (Photo courtesy of Izu Shimbun)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number92‐5‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number89‐10‐0]

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Parents and children at Honmoku Point seen from Fudozaka Slope

Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. This area was later reclaimed from the ocean and is presently an industrial zone.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:A. Farsari, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number81‐1‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number80‐22‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐27‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number78‐2‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐42‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number55‐14‐0]

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Honmoku Point seen from the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Village is at the foot of the hill, and Honmoku Peninsula is visible in the background, with (from the left) the Ichinotani, Ninotani, and Sannotani Valleys. Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐85‐0]

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A jinrikisha going up the Fudozaka slope

Negishi Bay was known to foreigners as Mississippi Bay after the nickname given to it by Commodore Perry. Part of the new road built for foreigners, Fudo Slope was praised by them as one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. This area was later reclaimed from the ocean and is presently an industrial zone.==Date:unknown, Place:Yokohama, Photo:Tamamura Kozaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number48‐86‐0]

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19th century U.S. clock still ticking in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - This undated photo shows a clock that Commodore Perry from the United States presented to a samurai in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1854. The clock, made around 1850 in the United States and now ticking again after repair, was put on public display at the Yokohama Archives of History museum on May 29, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Audubon's 'Birds of America' reproduced in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - One of the reproduced illustrations of John Audubon's "The Birds of America" is shown on Dec. 9, 2014, in Tokyo. U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry who sailed to Japan in 1853 gave the book to the Tokugawa shogun. The year 2014 marks the 160th anniversary of the conclusion of the U.S.-Japan Treaty of Peace and Amity. (Kyodo)

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Hanayashiki amusement park in Tokyo

File photo taken Feb. 27, 2011, shows the Hanayashiki amusement park in Asakusa, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Tokyo, with Tokyo Skytree under construction in the background. Hanayashiki, known as Japan's first amusement park, originally opened as a flower park in 1853 when Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the U.S. Navy visited Japan in the late Edo era with his "black ships" to open Japanese ports to American trade under gunboat diplomacy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - Shimoda Mayor Naoki Ishii (C) ignites the ''Light of Japan-U.S. Amity'' during a ceremony marking the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port held at the city's Commodore (Matthew C.) Perry Memorial Park on March 31. Commodore Perry landed at Shimoda port following the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between the two countries on March 31, 1854. (Kyodo)

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(2)Shimosa celebrates 150th anniversary of opening

SHIMODA, Japan - A person disguised as U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry (R) and his men land at Shimoda port during a ceremony held at the city's Commodore Perry Memorial Park on March 31 to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of Shimoda port. (Kyodo)

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'Black ship' replica visits Japa

The Pride of Baltimore II, a replica of a ''black ship'' similar to one used by U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry in the 1850s, enters Osaka Bay in western Japan on June 21 as part of an around-the-world goodwill voyage. Perry sailed into Japan in 1853 to end more than 200 years of Japanese isolation. ==Kyodo