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The Negishi Housing Complex (Japanese: 根岸住宅地区 Negishi Juutaku Chiku) was an enclave of United States Forces Japan operated by United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Japan. [1] It served as a residence complex for the U.S. military.
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."
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.
Negishi Dependent Housing Area (Naval Housing Annex Negishi) Housing: Yokohama, Kanagawa: FAC 3083: Naval Air Facility Atsugi: Air Facility: Ayase, Kanagawa: FAC 3087: Ikego Housing Area and Navy Annex: Housing: Zushi, Kanagawa: FAC 3090: Azuma Storage Area: Storage: Yokosuka, Kanagawa: FAC 3096: Kamiseya Communications Station - returned to ...
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka; K. ... Naval Housing Annex Negishi This page was last edited on 6 September 2020, at 02:46 (UTC). ...
Yokosuka Dockyards - now US Navy Yokosuka Ship Repair Facility and United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka; Ishikawajima Naval Yard (Sumida River) - now IHI Corporation shipyard; Kure Naval Dockyards - now Universal Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard owned by JFE Holdings and Hitachi Zosen Corporation; Sasebo Naval Dockyards; Maizuru Naval Dockyards
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.
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).