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  2. United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka - Wikipedia

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    When Commodore Matthew Perry arrived in Japan in 1853, using naval pressure to open up Japan to foreign trade, Yokosuka was a quaint, native fishing village. In 1860, Lord Oguri Kozukenosuke, Minister of Finance to the Tokugawa Shogunate Government, decided that "If Japan is to assume an active role in world trade, she must have proper facilities to build and maintain large seagoing vessels."

  3. JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    The Yokosuka Naval Base (Japanese: 横須賀基地, Hepburn: Yokosuka Kichi), also simply known as the JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base, is a group of ports and land facilities of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), which are scattered in multiple districts of Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture, and where the Yokosuka District Force [], etc. are located.

  4. Yokosuka Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    Yokosuka Naval District was a historical administrative district established under the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1886. Many of its facilities and units over time were located in the city of Yokosuka where they constituted a large naval base complex whose site is now mostly occupied by the current US and JMSDF bases. Related:

  5. Imperial Japanese Navy bases and facilities - Wikipedia

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    Maizuru Naval Base Maizuru Naval District - now a Japan Self-Defense Forces facility and museum; Hiroshima Naval Base; Oroku Aerodrome/Oroku Naval Air Base - now the Naha Airport/Naha Air Base (JSADF, but the MSDF also has a presence) Kōchi Airfield - now Kōchi Ryōma Airport; Truk Islands naval base; Tokushima naval base with seaplane base ...

  6. USS Ronald Reagan leaves its Japan home port after ... - AOL

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    YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) — A U.S. Navy ... military capability and significantly increased joint naval operations with the United States. Family members and friends of the crew were on hand to wave ...

  7. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal - Wikipedia

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    Construction of the Yokosuka arsenal c.1870. Yokosuka Naval Arsenal immediately after the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 Yokosuka Naval Base in July 18, 1945. In 1866, the Tokugawa shogunate government established the Yokosuka Seisakusho, a military arsenal and naval base, with the help of foreign engineers, including the French naval architect Léonce Verny.

  8. U.S. upgrades military command in Japan, warns of China threats

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    Japan provides a base for the U.S. to project military power in Asia, hosting 54,000 American troops, hundreds of U.S. aircraft and Washington's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier strike group.

  9. Naval Forces Japan (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Naval Forces Japan/Navy Region Japan (CNFJ/CNRJ) is a dual-hatted command with command and control authority of all shore installations and assigned forces of the United States Navy in Japan as well as the responsibility to liaise with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).