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It is located at the mouth of Tokyo Bay on Miura Peninsula. Developed and used as a base by the Imperial Japanese Navy up to 1945, it now is home to one of the biggest military seaports shared by the United States Navy and the Maritime Self-Defense Force of Japan.
As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 431,332 and the density of 4,286.74 persons per km². The total area is 100.62 km².
In 1853, United States naval officer Matthew Perry arrived in Tokyo Bay with his fleet of black ships and came ashore near present day Yokosuka, leading to the opening of diplomatic and trade relations between Japan and the United States. The Yokosuka Iron Foundry was established on the site of the city in 18651865 is a common year starting on Sunday. Events January 31 American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. February 17 American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns as Confederate forces flee from advancing Union forc, and in 18661866 is a common year starting on Monday. Events January 6 Ottoman troops clash with men of a Maronite leader Karam in St. Doumit in Lebanon Turks are defeated January 12 Royal Aeronautical Society is formed ( London) January 28 800 Maronite troops clash the French engineer François Léons Verny came to Yokosuka and spent the next ten years supervising the development of shipbuildingShipbuilding is the construction of ships. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders originally called shipwrights follow a specialized occupation that can trace its roots to before recorded history. The construct facilities. The city itself was incorporated in 1907Events January events January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000 January 23 Charles Curtis.
Current prime minister Junichiro KoizumiJunichiro Koizumi ( Koizumi Jun'ichiro born January 8, 1942) is a Japanese politician and the 87th, and current, Prime Minister of Japan. Personal life and education He was born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa prefecture to Junya Koizumi, a director general of was born in Yokosuka.