Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan 9

Typhoon Shanshan brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan as it made landfall near Sendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu Thursday morning, August 29.

Road blocked due to volcano eruption alert

Road blocked due to volcano eruption alert

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A road is blocked in Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, due to a volcanic warning for Mt. Iwo.

Warning issued against possible eruption of Mt. Iwo

Warning issued against possible eruption of Mt. Iwo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mt. Iwo in southern Kyushu is photographed from a helicopter flying over Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. The city imposed a 1-kilometer exclusion zone in the area the same day, following a volcanic warning issued by the meteorological authority. The nearby Fudo pond is seen in the background.

Bus hijacking in Japan

Bus hijacking in Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in the early hours of May 12, 2014, shows an intercity bus that was hijacked the previous night by a man holding scissors in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 45-year-old hijacker was arrested in Ebino in the prefecture in the early hours of May 12. Nobody among the crew and passengers was injured in the incident.

Bus hijacking in Japan

Bus hijacking in Japan

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken in the early hours of May 12, 2014, shows an intercity bus that was hijacked the previous night by a man holding scissors in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The 45-year-old hijacker was arrested in Ebino in the prefecture in the early hours of May 12. Nobody among the crew and passengers was injured in the incident.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture.

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo)

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo)

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians take a blood sample from a cow in a barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo)

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

Safety tests over foot-and-mouth disease begin in Ebino

EBINO, Japan - Veterinarians enter a cow barn in the city of Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, on May 24, 2010, to test animals in order determine whether it is safe to lift the ban on transferring livestock around the area following the spread of foot-and-month disease in the southwestern prefecture. (Kyodo)

Road blocked due to volcano eruption alert

Road blocked due to volcano eruption alert

MIYAZAKI, Japan - A road is blocked in Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014, due to a volcanic warning for Mt. Iwo. (Kyodo)

Warning issued against possible eruption of Mt. Iwo

Warning issued against possible eruption of Mt. Iwo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mt. Iwo in southern Kyushu is photographed from a helicopter flying over Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 24, 2014. The city imposed a 1-kilometer exclusion zone in the area the same day, following a volcanic warning issued by the meteorological authority. The nearby Fudo pond is seen in the background. (Kyodo)

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Japan's GSDF conducts joint drill with U.S., French militaries

Photo taken on May 15, 2021, shows a joint drill between Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, the U.S. Marine Corps and the French army at the GSDF's Kirishima training ground that straddles the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Ebino and the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Yusui.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japan Olympic men's judo team head Kosei Inoue, who won gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, transfer the Olympic flame to a cauldron during a Tokyo Olympic torch relay event in Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021. (Pool photo)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japan Olympic men's judo team head Kosei Inoue, who won gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, waves during the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japan Olympic men's judo team head Kosei Inoue, who won gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, runs for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay in Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Japan Olympic men's judo team head Kosei Inoue, who won gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, is pictured after transferring the Olympic flame to a cauldron during a Tokyo Olympic torch relay event in Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021.

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay

People sing in chorus during a Tokyo Olympic torch relay event in Ebino in Miyazaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 26, 2021, wearing face shields amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Heavy rain in southwestern Japan

Photo taken July 4, 2019, shows a street in Ebino, Miyazaki Prefecture, where total precipitation has reached 1,089.5 millimeters since June 28 as heavy rains swept southwestern Japan's Kyushu region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo