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USS Shiloh returns to Japan after wide-ranging six months at sea
Stars and Stripes 23 Nov 2021
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – The guided-missile cruiser USS Shiloh steamed into Tokyo Bay recently, ending a six-month deployment that took the ship from Japan to the Middle East and back. Setting out as one of the primary escorts for the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, the Shiloh left Yokosuka in late spring, the U.S.
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Navy sends another warship through Taiwan Strait, nearing a dozen transits this year
Stars and Stripes 23 Nov 2021
A U.S. Navy destroyer passed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, marking at least the 11th trip through the contested waterway by an American warship this year. The USS Milius, homeported at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, made the transit on Tuesday, according to a news release that day from the 7th Fleet ... 14-15 ... 18 ... .
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Tokyo reaches a coronavirus low not seen since June 2020
Stars and Stripes 19 Oct 2021
The pandemic peaked in Tokyo on Aug ... One U.S ... Yokosuka Naval Base, the homeport of the U.S. 7th Fleet south of Tokyo, in a news release Tuesday said the two unimmunized individuals turned up positive during a medical screening ... Yokosuka so far this month has reported 13 new COVID-19 cases ... .
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Japan prepares to lift coronavirus emergency as US military cases continue to fall
Stars and Stripes 28 Sep 2021
military installation in Japan, Yokosuka Naval Base south of Tokyo, reported three new infections, according to a news release Tuesday. One unimmunized and two immunized individuals tested positive after falling ill with symptoms of COVID-19, the coronavirus respiratory disease, since Friday, according to a base news release.
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Navy’s monthly Taiwan Strait transits continue with guided-missile destroyer USS Barry
Stars and Stripes 18 Sep 2021
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan – Another U.S ... The Yokosuka-based USS Barry made the trip on Friday, the Navy announced in a news release that day ... 28 ... The Barry's passage comes a little over a week after another Yokosuka-based destroyer, the USS Benfold, steamed through the South China Sea during a freedom-of-navigation operation on Sept. 8 ... The U.S ... .
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US military in Japan adds 20 coronavirus cases Tuesday as Tokyo's numbers continue to dip
Stars and Stripes 14 Sep 2021
Yokosuka Naval Base, the homeport south of Tokyo of 7th Fleet, said 12 people tested positive for the coronavirus respiratory disease ... Yokosuka has 38 coronavirus patients under observation ... Naval Air Facility Atsugi, southwest of Tokyo, identified four people with the virus since Friday, according to news releases Monday.
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U.K. aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth makes 1st port call in Japan
Kyodo 04 Sep 2021
🇬🇧 🇯🇵 #CSG21 #Yokosuka @UKinJapan @JMSDF_PAO @jmsdf_pao_eng pic.twitter.com/QCzb6KSRpp — HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) September 4, 2021 ... Navy base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo, and is scheduled to depart next Thursday. Photo taken from Kyodo News helicopter shows British aircraft carrier the Queen Elizabeth sailing in Tokyo Bay on Sept.
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Tokyo announces 4,220 new COVID-19 cases; US military in Japan reports 56
Stars and Stripes 24 Aug 2021
U.S ... Denny Tamaki ... Gabriel Adibe ... Farther north, 28 cases have popped up at Yokosuka Naval Base, homeport of the 7th Fleet south of Tokyo, since Friday, according to a news release from the base ... Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima, had one person in restricted movement tested positive, according to a base news release Tuesday ... .
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Two destroyers arrive at US Navy base in Japan, while a third takes its leave
Stars and Stripes 19 Aug 2021
YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Two replacement destroyers took up their new stations at the home of the U.S ... The USS Higgins and the USS Howard, two Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers, arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base on Monday, according to a U.S. Navy news release that day.
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Endless coronavirus summer sets another Tokyo record; US military in Japan reports 55 cases
Stars and Stripes 13 Aug 2021
The city reached 5,042 new coronavirus cases on Aug. 5 ... U.S ... and 5 a.m ... Meanwhile, Yokosuka Naval Base, homeport of the U.S. 7th Fleet south of Tokyo, in a news release Friday said 20 people had tested positive for COVID-19 since Tuesday ... Rich Jarrett ... Denny Tamaki at a news conference said the prefecture is in a crisis that has yet to reach its peak ... .
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UK signaling Pacific clouds of war
Taipei Times 30 Jul 2021
By Edward Chen 陳一新 ... Wallace’s trip was far more than a simple courtesy call ... When not engaging in the joint military exercises, the British carrier would be docked at a US Navy base in Yokosuka, and the other British vessels would be docked at three ports nearby. During their joint news conference, Wallace and Kishi revealed four points ... .
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At 3,865 new cases, Tokyo breaks another coronavirus record with Olympians in town
Stars and Stripes 29 Jul 2021
four after close contact with other individuals and two after falling ill with COVID-19 symptoms, according to a base news release ... On Wednesday evening, Yokosuka Naval Base, 38 miles south of Tokyo, reported that an unvaccinated child care provider at the Duncan Street Child Development Center had tested positive earlier in the day.
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Japanese firms sign $225 million deals to maintain Ospreys for Navy, Marine Corps
Stars and Stripes 28 Jul 2021
Government,” according to a news release Tuesday from Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka ... The Yokosuka logistics center partnered with Fleet Readiness Center Western Pacific to let the contracts. The Yokosuka logistics center provides service and support for all U.S ... Edward Pidgeon, commander of Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka, said in the release.
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Tokyo logs a third straight day of more than 1,000 coronavirus infections
Stars and Stripes 16 Jul 2021
7. The Tokyo Games have already made history ... U.S ... U.K ... A. J ... The U.K ... Yokosuka Naval Base, south of Tokyo, in a news release Friday said one person had tested positive for the coronavirus respiratory disease since Tuesday ... Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, south of Hiroshima, had one person test positive, according to an air station news release Friday ... .
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