How a Japanese Zero pilot could defect to a US carrier

How could a Japanese Zero pilot defect by approaching a US carrier during the Second World War?

Try to land on the American carrier, just as an aircraft could defect by landing at an opposing airfield.

A Japanese Zero pilot seeking to defect could try to land on an American carrier. Landing at an opposing airfield is the equivalent option ashore. Both are presented as methods that aircraft have used to defect over the years. No particular Zero incident or agreed signal for arranging such a landing is identified.