Japan Coast Guard
May 12, 2013
NARAHA, Fukushima Prefecture--The 2011 accident at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant showed just how vulnerable the nation's reactors were to a natural disaster. Now,...
March 05, 2013
In a move that is bound to anger Beijing, the Japan Coast Guard is planning to use soon-to-be-mothballed Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers to bolster patrols around the...
February 28, 2013
Chinese vessels chased two Japanese fishing boats in Japanese territorial waters near the disputed Senkaku Islands in early February.
February 21, 2013
The captain of a Japanese fishing boat said three Chinese government vessels chased it through Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands on Feb. 18.
February 08, 2013
Chinese maritime surveillance vessels made apparent preparations last year to deploy helicopters inside Japanese territorial waters, which would have directly challenged...
January 30, 2013
Japan has become so intent on protecting the Senkaku Islands and laying claim to other disputed territories that it is even using official development assistance to strengthen...
January 11, 2013
The Japan Coast Guard is planning to create a fleet of 12 cutters to patrol the waters around the Senkaku Islands in response to the constant presence there of ships affiliated ...
January 09, 2013
Fishermen and officials in Taiwan say Japan's maritime agencies appear to be going soft after earlier challenging and turning back Taiwanese fishing vessels in waters some...
October 25, 2012
Four Chinese maritime patrol ships illegally entered Japanese territorial waters Oct. 25 near the disputed Senkaku Islands, the Japan Coast Guard said.
October 11, 2012
Chinese government ships roaming near Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands have become an everyday occurrence, part of Beijing’s widening efforts to exert...
October 01, 2012
Being an officer in the Japan Coast Guard is now seen as a really cool job, as shown by a surge of interest in joining the service.
September 25, 2012
Japanese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannon to turn away about 40 Taiwan fishing boats and eight Taiwan Coast Guard vessels from waters Japan considers its own on Sept. 25...
September 19, 2012
At least 14 Chinese government ships have been spotted in waters near the Senkaku Islands, but no huge armada of Chinese fishing vessels has been confirmed near the disputed...
September 18, 2012
The Japan Coast Guard and a Chinese monitoring ship exchanged words near the Senkaku Islands on Sept. 18, as tensions increased over reports that hundreds of Chinese fishing...
September 14, 2012
Chinese authorities are vowing to protect their claim to the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture as they sent six marine surveillance vessels on Sept. 14 into...
August 16, 2012
They came from Hong Kong, but activists who landed on the Senkaku islands knew the applause would be loudest in Beijing.
February 22, 2012
Japan Coast Guard officers will shortly be empowered to arrest trespassers on remote uninhabited islands, such as the disputed Senkaku Islands in Okinawa Prefecture.
October 02, 2011
OTSUCHI, Iwate Prefecture--A beloved red lighthouse on tiny Horaijima island here that was destroyed by the tsunami spawned by the March 11 Great East Japan Earthquake will...
September 14, 2011
At a time when North Korea was celebrating its 63rd anniversary and boasting of potential greatness, nine relatives sneaked away on a small boat during the hoopla and headed...
September 13, 2011
In an apparent desperate attempt to flee North Korea, a small wooden boat carrying nine passengers was spotted in the Sea of Japan off the Noto Peninsula on Sept. 13 and all...