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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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Japan PM Ishiba in Manila

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) holds a press conference in front of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper tender Bungo at the Port of Manila on April 30, 2025, after visiting the Bungo and MSDF minesweeper Etajima.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo gets set to dock at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo gets set to dock at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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MSDF minesweeper tender visits Cambodia naval base

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Bungo makes a port call at Ream naval base in southwestern Cambodia on April 19, 2025. The base was expanded with financial support from China earlier in the month.

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Underwater mine removal drill

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard a minesweeper conduct a drill to remove underwater mines in front of the media off Matsusaka in the central Japan prefecture of Mie on Feb. 2, 2025.

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Underwater mine removal drill

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force personnel aboard a minesweeper conduct a drill to remove underwater mines in front of the media off Matsusaka in the central Japan prefecture of Mie on Feb. 2, 2025.

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[Breaking News]Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

MUNAKATA, Japan, Nov. 11 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the area around where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima sank off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after catching fire. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

MUNAKATA, Japan, Nov. 10 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows smoke rising from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka. (Kyodo)

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard divers preparing to search following the sinking of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, Ukushima, off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after it caught fire.

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the area around where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima sank off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after catching fire.

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows Japan Coast Guard divers preparing to search following the sinking of a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper, Ukushima, off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after it caught fire.

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Japan minesweeper sinks after catching fire

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 11, 2024, shows the area around where the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima sank off Munakata, Fukuoka Prefecture, after catching fire.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows smoke rising from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (R) after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows smoke rising from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (back) after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows smoke rising from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (back) after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows smoke rising from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (L) after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Fire breaks out on MSDF minesweeper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 10, 2024, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Ukushima (L) receiving water from a Japan Coast Guard ship after a fire broke out while it was off Munakata in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka.

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Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy

STORY: Russia commissions 3 new warships into its navy SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flag-raising ceremony STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a flag-raising ceremony for three new warships that are set to join the country's navy, the Kremlin reported on Monday. The Admiral Golovko frigate will join Russia's Northern Fleet, while the Naro-Fominsk small-rocket ship and the Lev Chernavin minesweeper will serve in the country's Baltic Fleet, the Russian leader said during the ceremony he attended at the Severnaya Verf shipyard in St. Petersburg. "The commissioning of the newest ships into the fleet demonstrates that the shipbuilding industry is thriving," the president said, adding that it is now engaged in successful mass production of different classes of warships. The Admiral Golovko, a serial-produced frigate, is armed with Kalibr cruise missiles and was created with some of the most

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U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer enters a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 7, 2023, amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.

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Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

People stage a protest on Sept. 7, 2023, in front of a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa against the presence of U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.

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Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

People stage a protest on Sept. 7, 2023, in front of a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa against the presence of U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.

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Protest against U.S. minesweeper's presence in southern Japan

U.S. Navy minesweeper Pioneer enters a port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 7, 2023, with protesters staging a rally amid ongoing tensions in the East China Sea.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Etajima is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, as it takes part in the search for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Toyoshima sails in waters off Miyako Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on April 13, 2023, as part of the search efforts for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya (above) and minesweeper Shishijima search in waters off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 11, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya (above) and minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 8, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 7, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 8, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Shishijima searching for a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 members aboard on April 6.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender shown to press at Moji Port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender's device to find mines is shown to the press at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender arrives at Moji Port

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender arrives at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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U.S. minesweeper Defender's pilothouse

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - The pilothouse of the U.S. mine countermeasure ship Defender is opened to the press at Moji Port in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, on March 17, 2014.

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Plastic minesweeper

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo taken in Yokohama on March 21, 2012, shows Enoshima, the Maritime Self-Defense Force's new minesweeper vessel made of fiber reinforced plastic, which entered service the same day, becoming the first minesweeper in the MSDF fleet not made of wood.

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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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New Japan minesweeper

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The 570-ton Chichijima, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's new minesweeper, takes to water after a launching ceremony in Yokohama, southwest of Tokyo, on Nov. 24, 2011.

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U.S. naval ship visits Okinawan civilian port

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Lt. Cmdr. Andria Slough, captain of the minesweeper Defender of the U.S. Navy, speaks at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2010, after arriving in the southern Japan region. Slough said the visit, made despite local opposition to the use of a civilian harbor by a U.S. warship, was aimed at deepening the two countries' friendship.

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MSDF minesweeper Uraga returns to home port in Yokosuka

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) member holds his baby on the MSDF minesweeper Uraga as the vessel returned Dec. 31 to its home base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture after delivering supplies to Afghan refugees in Pakistan.

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Relief supplies for Afghan refugees unloaded in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan - Relief goods for Afghan refugees, mostly blankets and tents, are unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) minesweeper tender Uraga at Pakistan's Karachi port on Dec. 12.

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MSDF minesweeper tender arrives in Karachi

KARACHI, Pakistan - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force's (MSDF) minesweeper tender Uraga, which is on a mission to deliver relief supplies for Afghan refugees, is anchored at Karachi port Dec. 12. The 5,650-ton Uraga set sail from Japan on Nov. 25 with two other ships, marking the first time for a Japanese military contingent to provide assistance to combat forces since the end of World War II.

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(6)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

SASEBO, Japan - The 3,550-ton destroyer Sawagiri sets sail from Sasebo base in Nagasaki Prefecture on Nov. 25, 2001. The ships joins the 8,100-ton supply ship Towada, which left Kure base in Hiroshima Prefecture, and the 5,650-ton minesweeper tender Uraga, which left Yokosuka base in Kanagawa Prefecture, earlier in the day to head toward the Indian Ocean to provide logistical support to U.S.-led attacks in Afghanistan and offer relief aid to Afghan refugees.

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(4)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The 5,650-ton minesweeper tender Uraga sails off the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Yokosuka base for Karachi, Pakistan, on Nov. 25, 2001.

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(3)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A daughter hugs her daddy as he walks toward his minesweeper tender Uraga at the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Yokosuka Base on Nov. 25, 2001.

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(2)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Family members wave flags to see off the crewmen of the 5,650-ton minesweeper tender Uraga at the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) Yokosuka Base on Nov. 25, 2001.

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(1)SDF ships leave for Indian Ocean

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Defense Agency chief Gen Nakatani addresses the crewmen aboard the minesweeper tender Uraga on Nov. 25, 2001 before their departure for the Indian Ocean to provide logistical support to U.S.-led military operations in Afghanistan and offer relief aid to Afghan refugees. ''This is a very important task for our country. I hope you fulfill your jobs in an orderly manner,'' he said.

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3 U.S. amphibious vessels, minesweeper leave Okinawa

KATSUREN, Japan - The 40,532-ton U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship Essex, carrying helicopters, leaves White Beach in the town of Katsuren, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 8. for an undisclosed destination in the wake of U.S. strikes against Afghanistan. The Essex left the port along with two other amphibious vessels and a minesweeper.

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3 MSDF ships leave for Turkey with prefab shelters

KOBE, Japan - The transport ship Osumi (C), the combat support ship Tokiwa and the minesweeper support ship Bungo of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) leave Kobe port on the afternoon of Sept. 23 for Turkey, carrying 500 prefabricated houses for people who lost their homes in a killer earthquake. The quake hit northwestern Turkey on Aug. 17, killing more than 15,000 people and leaving many more homeless.