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Yokosuka

American  
[yoh-kuh-soo-kuh, yuh-koos-kuh, yaw-kaw-soo-kah] / ˌjoʊ kəˈsu kə, jəˈkʊs kə, ˈjɔ kɔˈsu kɑ /

noun

  1. a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: naval base.


Yokosuka British  
/ ˌjəʊkəʊˈsuːkə /

noun

  1. a port in Japan, in SE Honshu: a major naval base with shipbuilding industries. Pop: 434 613 (2002 est)

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Navy base at Yokosuka, home to the Seventh Fleet and a forward-deployed aircraft carrier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Apart from his meeting with Takaichi, Trump is due to deliver a speech on Tuesday on the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, docked at the US naval base Yokosuka.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Faced with labour shortages, Yokosuka City in Kanagawa prefecture has starting using AI chatbot ChatGPT to help with administrative tasks such as transcribing and summarising meetings.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

The lieutenant, who was stationed at the Yokosuka naval base south of Tokyo, “fell asleep” at the wheel, the U.S.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2023

It was due to his efforts that the Yokosuka dockyard was constructed.

From A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues by Suyematsu, Baron Kencho

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