Japanese authorities said Monday they are almost finished with their investigation into last month's collision between a Philippine freighter and a U.S. Navy destroyer that left seven American sailors dead but still haven't been given access to data from the U.S. side. The container ship, ...
Chinese ships are entering parts of Japanese territory where they have never been seen before, raising the hackles of the Japanese government. In addition to waters around the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands off Taiwan, Chinese coast guard ships have recently been spotted off Kyushu and around ...
Preliminary findings from an investigation into the deadly collision off Japan last month between the USS Fitzgerald and a cargo ship direct blame at the destroyer’s crew.
In the first confirmed entry by Chinese government vessels into the area, two Chinese coast guard ships briefly entered Japanese waters Monday off Aomori Prefecture, the Japan Coast Guard said. A patrol vessel operated by the Japan Coast Guard confirmed the entry of the two ...
Two Chinese coast guard ships briefly entered Japanese waters Saturday around two islands off Kyushu, in the first confirmed entry by Chinese government vessels into the area, the Japan Coast Guard said. Under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, vessels of every ...
The Japan Coast Guard said early Thursday it falsely issued — and later retracted — a navigation warning to vessels claiming that North Korea had launched a missile on Wednesday. The coast guard said the false warning was issued at around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday during ...
Japanese authorities have obtained a data recording device from a containership to help determine why it collided with a U.S. destroyer, killing seven American sailors. Transport safety officials said Thursday that they obtained the voyage data recorder, similar to an airplane's black box, from the ...
The first woman to head a regional Japan Coast Guard office said she hopes she can live up to people's expectations and that her sex should have no bearing on her ability to carry out her duties. "I have no time to think about gender ...
A search for seven missing U.S. sailors is called off after bodies were found aboard the badly damaged USS Fitzgerald following a collision with a Philippine-flagged container vessel.
Four China Coast Guard vessels entered Japanese waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea on Thursday morning, the Japan Coast Guard said, adding that what appeared to be a drone was seen flying above them. A high-ranking Foreign Ministry official lodged a ...
The Meteorological Agency on Friday warned that an underwater volcano about 400 km south of Tokyo could erupt soon, spurring the Japan Coast Guard to issue an alert to ships in the area. Coast guard aircraft found that the color of the ocean surface recently ...
A dead man found floating Tuesday off Fukui Prefecture in the Sea of Japan had badges on his clothes bearing the images of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il, the Japan Coast Guard said. At around 9:30 a.m. ...
