JS Ukushima, a Sugashima-class minesweeper assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, reported that its engine room ...

11 (Xinhua) -- A Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) minesweeper vessel capsized and sank on Monday after ... later identified as 33-year-old petty officer 3rd class Tatsunori Koga, was found ...

TOKYO -- One crewman is missing and another has been injured after a fire broke out on a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) minesweeper vessel off the coast of the southwestern prefecture of ...