Hateruma-class patrol vessel
Hateruma-class patrol vessel is a class of PL type patrol vessels of the Japan Coast Guard. PL stands for "Patrol vessel Large", and the class name "Hateruma" is named after Hateruma-jima, the southernmost inhabited island of Japan.
Hateruma (PL61), lead ship of the class
JCG Ishigaki (ex-Hakata) (PL-62) in Okinawa
JCG Ishigaki (ex-Hakata) (PL62) patrolling the Yaeyama Islands
The Japan Coast Guard is the coast guard responsible for the protection of the coastline of Japan under the oversight of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. It consists of about 13,700 personnel. The Japan Coast Guard was founded in 1948 as the Maritime Safety Agency and received its current English name in 2000.
Main building of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism in Kasumigaseki, under which the Japan Coast Guard operates, and where it is headquartered
A SRT officer abseiling from an AS332L1 helicopter.
PM Abe and Adm Sato review the JCG fleet in honor of their 70th anniversary in 2018
Shikishima (PLH-31)