Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama Explained

Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama
Established:10 December 2004
Location:1-2-1 Shinkō, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Japan

The is a museum in Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, dedicated to maritime security and the Japan Coast Guard. It opened on 10 December 2004.[1]

Exhibits

The centrepiece of the museum is a North Korean spy vessel, which was sunk by the Japan Coast Guard in December 2001 following a firefight in the East China Sea near the island of Amami-Ōshima. (See Battle of Amami-Ōshima.)

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.kaiho.mlit.go.jp/03kanku/kouhou/jcgm_yokohama/ . ja:海上保安資料館 横浜館 . Japan Coast Guard Museum Yokohama . Japanese . . 24 May 2012.