Topic: Japanese Coast Guard

Japan fighter jet pilot missing after crash

A Japanese fighter jet pilot was missing after his F-15 crashed in the East China Sea during a training flight on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry said.Thirteen military aircraft and several ships as well as three Japan Coast Guard patrol ships were ...

Japan Coast Guard official admits China video leak

TOKYO (Reuters) - A member of Japan's Coast Guard admitted on Wednesday leaking a video of a collision between a Chinese trawler and Japanese patrol boats, a development that could hurt efforts to mend bilateral ties.Relations between Asia's biggest economies ...

Japan prosecutors take over China skipper case

Japanese prosecutors Thursday took over the case against the Chinese captain of a trawler that collided with two Japanese Coast Guard vessels in a case that has sparked a diplomatic row with Beijing.China has twice summoned Japan's ambassador to demand ...
Japan Coast Guard sent the captain of a Chinese trawler which collided with Japanese patrol ships in waters off Diaoyu Islands to prosecutors in Okinawa Prefecture Thursday morning. On Tuesday, two Japan Coast Guard patrol boats and the Chinese fishing boat collided ...
Japan was Wednesday holding the captain of a Chinese fishing trawler that collided with two Japanese patrol ships near a disputed island chain, sparking a bitter row between Beijing and Tokyo.Both Asian giants have lodged protests with each other's ambassadors ...

NKorea fires fourth short-range missile: SKorea

North Korea late Thursday test-fired a fourth short-range missile off its east coast following three similar launches earlier in the evening, South Korean military officials said.The defence ministry officials, quoted by Yonhap news agency, said the missiles -- apparently surface-to-ship ones -- were ...
North Korea is warning ships to stay out of waters off its eastern port of Wonsan for three weeks from Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said, raising concerns Pyongyang is planning more missile tests.North Korea is alerting vessels by radio not ...

NKorea to ban ships off eastern port: Japan

North Korea is warning ships to stay out of waters off its eastern port of Wonsan for three weeks from Wednesday, the Japan Coast Guard said, raising concerns Pyongyang is planning more missile tests.North Korea is alerting vessels by radio not ...

North Korea warns ships near missile base: Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - North Korea is warning ships to stay away from waters off an east coast missile base, a Japan Coast Guard spokesman said on Friday, suggesting it could be preparing for a short-range missile test.South Korea's Yonhap news agency ...

Disabled Japanese fisherman survives 15 hrs in sea

A paraplegic Japanese fisherman without a life jacket survived for 15 hours after falling into the sea by keeping himself afloat, the coast guard said Friday.Toshiyuki Nashiro, 55, was alone on his small boat when it capsized in rough waters near ...