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Joint minesweeping drill with U.S. in northern Japan bay

AOMORI, Japan - An aircraft of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force drops an underwater mine into Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 24, 2014, during a joint minesweeping drill with the U.S. Navy.

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Joint minesweeping drill with U.S. in northern Japan bay

AOMORI, Japan - Military vessels stay in line in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 24, 2014, during a joint minesweeping drill with the U.S. Navy.

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Joint minesweeping drill with U.S. in northern Japan bay

AOMORI, Japan - A diver of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force prepares to enter the water from a helicopter in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 24, 2014, during a joint underwater minesweeping drill with the U.S. Navy.

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Japan's MSDF explodes underwater mines off Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A minesweeping unit of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) explodes on Oct. 5 four underwater mines which are believed to have been dropped off Kobe by the U.S. armed forces during World War II. The mines were found at the 17-meter-deep seabed near the construction site of the planned Kobe airport.

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MSDF's minesweeper tender Uraga in Mutsu Bay

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's minesweeper tender Uraga (L) is pictured in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, on July 22, 2015. The MSDF opened to the press on the same day a minesweeping exercise it conducted with the U.S. Navy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. helicopter seen in minesweeping exercise

A U.S. helicopter is seen engaged in a landing and takeoff drill on the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Uraga, a mine sweeper tender, during a minesweeping exercise by the MSDF and the U.S. Navy in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote-controlled robot seen in minesweeping exercise

A remote-controlled robot is suspended in the air during a minesweeping exercise by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy at Mutsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF conducts minesweeping drill with U.S. Navy

A remote-controlled robot is suspended in the air during a minesweeping exercise by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy at Mutsu Bay in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert worried Abe's security stance is undermining ties with Mideast

Chiba University professor Yoshiko Kurita, an expert on contemporary Middle Eastern history, speaks in an interview in Tokyo on June 12, 2015. She expressed concern that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's frequent reference to the Strait of Hormuz in arguing that the Self-Defense Forces can be dispatched there for minesweeping operations is tantamount to trying to pick a fight with the Middle East, threatening to undermine bilateral relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MSDF conducts minesweeping drill off Iwoto Island

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force conducts a minesweeping exercise, using real explosive devices, off Iwoto Island, previously known as Iwojima, in the Pacific, on June 24, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-commander of MSDF's minesweeping unit gives interview

Taosa Ochiai, who was the commander of the dispatch unit Overseas Minesweeper Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to the Persian Gulf in 1991, speaks in an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Remote-control robot in minesweeping drill in southwestern Japan

Photo taken in the Pacific off Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2015, shows a remote-controlled robot used in a minesweeping exercise by the Maritime Self-Defense Force, the first such drill since the recent enactment of Japan's new security laws. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Naval troops conduct minesweeping drill in southwestern Japan

A Maritime Self-Defense Force exercise open to the press shows a diver descending from a helicopter during a mock minesweeping operation in the Pacific off Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2015. It was the first such drill since the enactment of Japan's new security legislation in September. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Floral tribute to victims of postwar minesweeping operations

Bereaved family members of victims, who died in minesweeping operations in the Seto Inland Sea and other areas after the Pacific War, pay floral tribute at the 64th memorial service in Kagawa Prefecture's Kotohira town, western Japan, on May 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service for victims of post-war minesweeping works

The 64th memorial service for persons who died in minesweeping operations in the Seto Inland Sea and other areas after the Pacific War is held in Kagawa Prefecture's Kotohira town, western Japan, on May 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan MSDF's new destroyer Noshiro

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force holds a naming and launching ceremony for its new destroyer Noshiro at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.'s shipyard in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on June 22, 2021. The 3,900-ton vessel with a minesweeping capability is scheduled to go into commission in 2022.

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Joint minesweeping drill with U.S. in northern Japan bay

AOMORI, Japan - A diver of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force prepares to enter the water from a helicopter in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 24, 2014, during a joint underwater minesweeping drill with the U.S. Navy. (Kyodo)

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Joint minesweeping drill with U.S. in northern Japan bay

AOMORI, Japan - Military vessels stay in line in Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 24, 2014, during a joint minesweeping drill with the U.S. Navy. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S.-Australia mine sweeping exercise

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force conducts a minesweeping exercise jointly with the U.S. and Australian navies in waters off Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 19, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's MSDF explodes underwater mines off Kobe

KOBE, Japan - A minesweeping unit of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) explodes on Oct. 5 four underwater mines which are believed to have been dropped off Kobe by the U.S. armed forces during World War II. The mines were found at the 17-meter-deep seabed near the construction site of the planned Kobe airport.