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COAST GUARD

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2014
U.S. Coast Guard rescues eight Cuban migrants off Miami; five missing
The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday said it was searching for up to five Cubans migrants after pulling eight others from the waters off Miami.
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2014
Six Vietnamese sailors suspected of jumping ship off southern Hokkaido
Six Vietnamese sailors may have jumped off a Taiwanese fisheries ship in the Tsuruga Strait off southern Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said late Sunday, prompting ships and aircraft to scour the area.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2014
Chinese ship sinks off Shimane; nine reported missing
A China-registered ship sank off the coast of Shimane Prefecture Tuesday morning, leaving nine people missing while five crew members have been saved, the Japan Coast Guard said, citing a rescue request it received from Chinese authorities late Tuesday night.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2014
Foul play ruled out in Cabinet Office official's January death on a raft
The cause of the death of a 30-year-old Cabinet Office official found in January in a rubber raft drifting off the coast of Kitakyushu was drowning, the Japan Coast Guard said Tuesday, ruling out foul play.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2014
Japan Coast Guard to seek to double budget to expand Senkaku patrols
The Japan Coast Guard will request a budget of ¥50.4 billion for fiscal 2015, twice its current budget, to enable enhanced security of territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, coast guard sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2014
Pair missing after fishing boat catches fire
A fire broke out Monday night on a fishing boat about 20 km off the coast of Otsuchi Bay, Iwate Prefecture, and two members of the crew are missing. One of the other 14 rescued members was injured.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2014
Government compiling defense guidelines to deal with 'gray zone' scenarios
The central government has begun drawing up guidelines intended to deal with so-called gray zone contingencies that do not allow the government to immediately mobilize the Self-Defense Forces but could pose a serious security threat, a government source said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 31, 2014
Japan working with foreign coast guards for safer seas
When Japan makes its case for the rule of law and tries to ensure maritime security, the spotlight often falls on its Self-Defense Forces, an "armed organization" whose use of force is strictly limited under the pacifist Constitution.
JAPAN / Politics
May 25, 2014
Abe may get freer hand to deploy SDF in 'gray zone' incidents
The government wants prime ministers to have a quicker way to mobilize the Self-Defense Forces in “gray zone” incidents, but some lawmakers fear moves like that will be misinterpreted as war.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 17, 2014
Coast guards share duty, language in border zone
Though tensions remain high between Japan and South Korea over territorial and historical issues, the safety of maritime transportation must be maintained irrespective of diplomatic relations, according to a Japan Coast Guard official who monitors maritime communications in the Tsushima Strait.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2014
Three crewmen die after trawler fire off Kochi
Three crew members of a tuna boat were confirmed dead Monday after their trawler caught fire in the Pacific on Sunday, Coast Guard officials said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2014
Japan files damages suit against Chinese captain over 2010 collision
The government filed a damages suit with the Naha District Court in Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday against the Chinese captain of a fishing boat that collided with Japan Coast Guard vessels in disputed waters off the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands in September 2010.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 2, 2014
Official found dead off Kyushu
A member of the Cabinet Office was found dead last month in a dinghy off Kitakyushu, officials of the 7th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 26, 2014
China secretly asked Japan not to snatch Senkakus hot air balloonist
Beijing asked Tokyo not to arrest a Chinese hot air balloonist who tried to land on the Senkaku Islands and had to be rescued by the Japan Coast Guard.
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2013
Protest is lodged over China's latest intrusion
Japan lodged a protest Monday with Beijing over the Chinese ships that are repeatedly intruding into Japan's territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 4, 2013
Korean fishing boat skipper arrested
The Japan Coast Guard has arrested the captain of a South Korean fishing boat that ignored an order to stop for inspection in Japan's exclusive economic zone, the coast guard said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 18, 2013
Next Coast Guard chief to come up from ranks
Yuji Sato, the Japan Coast Guard's vice commandant of operations, will soon be promoted to commandant, becoming the first officer from within the Coast Guard to hold the top post, a government source said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2013
Freighter may have hit missing skipper's trawler
The Japan Coast Guard inspected a foreign-flagged car-carrier ship Tuesday suspected of involvement in a collision in the Pacific off Miyagi Prefecture in which a tuna boat capsized and its captain is listed as missing, officials said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2013
Eight Chinese vessels enter Senkaku area
Eight Chinese maritime surveillance vessels entered Japanese territorial waters Tuesday around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, the Japan Coast Guard said.
JAPAN
Feb 28, 2013
Three Chinese vessels enter territorial waters near Senkakus
Three Chinese maritime surveillance ships sail inside Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Thursday morning.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
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JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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