Satsuma unloads vehicles on volcanic Miyakejima

Satsuma unloads vehicles on volcanic Miyakejima

HIGASHI-IZU, Japan - The Satsuma, a landing ship tank of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, unloads fire trucks and ambulances June 27 at a beach on the volcanic island of Miyakejima, some 180 kilometers south of Tokyo. A volcanic eruption began earlier in the day in waters off the island, from which hundreds of residents fled to Tokyo.

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