[Breaking News]Forest fire in eastern Japan

ISEHARA, Japan, Dec. 10 Kyodo - A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025. (Kyodo)

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Smoke rises from Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, in eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025, a day after a forest fire was reported.

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025.

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025.

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025.

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025.

Forest fire in eastern Japan

Forest fire in eastern Japan

A helicopter is engaged in firefighting operations above Mt. Hinata, straddling Isehara and Atsugi cities in Kanagawa Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2025.

[Breaking News]Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

ATSUGI, Japan, Aug. 17 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end. (Kyodo)

Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes (L) on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end.

Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Return rush of "bon" summer holidaymakers in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Tokyo-bound lanes (L) on the Tomei Expressway packed with cars in Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on Aug. 17, 2025, as the "bon" summer holiday season nears its end.

Atsugi air base

TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 21 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo. (Kyodo)

Atsugi air base

Atsugi air base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

Atsugi air base

Atsugi air base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

Atsugi air base

Atsugi air base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

Atsugi air base

Atsugi air base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 18, 2024, shows the Atsugi air base, jointly operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Navy, straddling Ayase and Yamato in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo.

Japan: Tropical Storm Shanshan Continues To Bring Widespread Heavy Rains 5

Tropical Storm Shanshan remained mostly stationary off Japan's Pacific coast as of Sunday, September 1, continued to bring widespread heavy rains. Shanshan caused flooding, downed trees, power outages, and mudslides across the country, leaving at least six dead and more than 120 people injured.

Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 2

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 3

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

Japan: US Navy Helicopter Makes Emergency Landing In Kanagawa’s Rice Field 4

A helicopter labeled the U.S. Navy made an emergency landing in a rice field in Ebina, Kanagawa Prefecture, not far from the Atsugi U.S. military base near Tokyo on Saturday, August 3, and then took off from the scene. No injuries were reported.

Nissan Motor CEO Uchida at press conference

Nissan Motor CEO Uchida at press conference

Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida speaks during a press conference in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 25, 2024, announcing that the company will cut development costs for electric vehicles by 30 percent by fiscal 2030, in a bid to make EVs more affordable and improve price competitiveness in China and other markets.

Nissan Motor CEO Uchida at press conference

Nissan Motor CEO Uchida at press conference

Nissan Motor CEO Makoto Uchida speaks during a press conference in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on March 25, 2024, announcing that the company will cut development costs for electric vehicles by 30 percent by fiscal 2030, in a bid to make EVs more affordable and improve price competitiveness in China and other markets.

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD, compact EV "Dolphin" presentation. The photo shows BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji.=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD, compact EV "Dolphin" presentation. The photo shows BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji.=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD, compact EV "Dolphin" presentation. The photo shows BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji.=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD compact EV “Dolphin” presentation

BYD, compact EV "Dolphin" presentation. The photo shows BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji.=Date:September 20, 2023, Place:Japan

Summer holiday rush in Japan

Summer holiday rush in Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tomei Expressway's outbound lanes in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, packed with cars headed to rural holiday destinations on Aug. 11, 2023.

Time capsule to be sent to moon

Time capsule to be sent to moon

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Pupils write down their future goals for a time capsule at Atsugi elementary school in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014. The time capsule carrying their messages will be sent to the moon and collected after 30 years from the launch scheduled in October 2015.

Merchants hand out thermal wear to promote business

Merchants hand out thermal wear to promote business

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Young merchants hand out thermal underwear on a shopping street in Atsugi west of Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, in a campaign to shore up their declining business by wearing light clothing in cold weather to take advantage of the city's name that also means "heavily dressed" in Japanese.

Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

Mayor joins blitz to shore up sagging commerce

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Retail workers smile on a shopping street in Atsugi west of Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2014, after receiving thermal underwear from lightly clothed Mayor Tsuneyoshi Kobayashi (3rd from R) in a campaign designed to shore up declining local business by taking advantage of the city's name that also means "heavily dressed" in Japanese.

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft conducts landing and takeoff exercises at Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture during landing and takeoff exercises on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

2 Ospreys conduct exercises at GSDF training areas

YAMANASHI, Japan - A MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies over Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force's Kita-Fuji training field in Yamanashi Prefecture during landing and takeoff exercises on Aug. 20, 2014. Two of the four Ospreys temporarily stationed at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, joined the exercise.

New commander of U.S. naval air base speaks to press

New commander of U.S. naval air base speaks to press

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Capt. John Bushey, new commander of the U.S. Navy's air base in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, west of Tokyo, says he will strive to deepen relations with people in Japan during an interview with reporters at the base on July 24, 2014

Osprey after leaving Atsugi base

Osprey after leaving Atsugi base

YAMATO, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft flies in fixed-wing mode after leaving Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture for Camp Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture on July 15, 2014.

Osprey about to land at Atsugi base

Osprey about to land at Atsugi base

YAMATO, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft from the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture is about to land at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on July 15, 2014.

Osprey flies to area near Tokyo

Osprey flies to area near Tokyo

YAMATO, Japan - An MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft arrives at the U.S. Navy's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture from the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture on July 15, 2014, on its first flight near the capital.

Osprey to fly to Camp Fuji via Atsugi air base

Osprey to fly to Camp Fuji via Atsugi air base

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo taken on July 15, 2014, shows U.S. Marie Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at the Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa. An Osprey is scheduled to fly to Camp Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture on the day via the U.S. Navy's Atsugi air base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. It will be the first Osprey flight to the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Osprey to fly to Camp Fuji via Atsugi air base

Osprey to fly to Camp Fuji via Atsugi air base

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo taken on July 15, 2014, shows U.S. Marie Corps MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at the Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa. An Osprey is scheduled to fly to Camp Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture on the day via the U.S. Navy's Atsugi air base in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. It will be the first Osprey flight to the Tokyo metropolitan area.

Yomiuri skipper's father dies

Yomiuri skipper's father dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2000 shows Mitsugu Hara, father of current Yomiuri Giants manager Tatsunori Hara, being interviewed in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. Mitsugu Hara, who as a high school baseball manager won two national championships, died of heart failure at a hospital in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 29, 2014. He was 79.

Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Lawyers hold banners before plaintiffs in front of the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 21, 2014, after the court ordered the government to suspend nighttime flights by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force at Atsugi base due to excessive aircraft noise. The base near Tokyo is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's MSDF.

Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

Flight suspension order at Atsugi base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Plaintiffs celebrate in front of the Yokohama District Court in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 21, 2014, after the court ordered the government to suspend nighttime flights by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force at Atsugi base due to excessive aircraft noise. The base near Tokyo is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and Japan's MSDF.

U.S. carrier-based plane at Atsugi base in Japan

U.S. carrier-based plane at Atsugi base in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A U.S. carrier-based plane is pictured at the U.S. Navy's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture west of Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014. A citizens' group says the number of takeoffs from the base by aircraft belonging to the U.S. nuclear-powered carrier George Washington increased 43% in 2013 from the year earlier.

Blind sailor, supporter rescued

Blind sailor, supporter rescued

TOKYO, Japan - Blind sailor Mitsuhiro Iwamoto (2nd from front, R) and his supporter and newscaster Jiro Shimbo (front) get off a rescue flying boat at the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Atsugi Base in Kanagawa Prefecture on June 21, 2013. The pair were rescued earlier in the day by the MSDF in the Pacific off northeastern Japan after their small yacht was flooded with seawater. They had left a port in northeastern Japan on June 16, 2013, in a bid to cross the Pacific to San Diego, California.

Japan's new patrol plane P-1

Japan's new patrol plane P-1

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows a P-1 jet, the next-generation Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft, at the MSDF's Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture. The MSDF has grounded P-1 patrol planes deployed at the base due to engine problems, Defense Ministry sources said on June 20, 2013.

Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

Home-bound holidaymakers' rush

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 3, 2013, shows congestion on Tokyo-bound lanes (left side) of the Tomei Expressway near the Atsugi interchange in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture. The rush of holidaymakers returning to the Tokyo metropolitan region after spending the year-end and New Year holidays in hometowns and other destinations peaked the same day, crowding trains, airplanes and expressways.

U.S. Navy begins 3-day landing practice at Atsugi base

U.S. Navy begins 3-day landing practice at Atsugi base

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Navy begins field carrier landing practice at the Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 22, 2012, following a change in the deployment of the George Washington aircraft carrier.

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

U.S. electronic warfare aircraft

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Navy in Japan unveils to the press one of its EA-18G carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft at Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture on March 24, 2012.