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Blast in Okinawa hurts 4 Japan SDF members

A Japan Self-Defense Forces vehicle with a sign reading "Unexploded bomb disposal" is seen in an ammunition depot area in the village of Yomitan in Okinawa Prefecture, on June 9, 2025. An explosion occurred earlier in the day in the area near the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base, slightly injuring four Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members who were working at the depot.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

TOKYO, Japan, March 24 Kyodo - Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, receives the commander's flag from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

TOKYO, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025, following the inauguration ceremony. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

TOKYO, Japan, March 25 Kyodo - Personnel of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command pose for a photo following its inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is aimed at better integrating Japan's ground, maritime and air defenses. (Kyodo)

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Personnel of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command attend its inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is aimed at better integrating Japan's ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Personnel of the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command pose for a photo following its inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is aimed at better integrating Japan's ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025, following the inauguration ceremony. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, holds a press conference at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025, following the inauguration ceremony. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, receives a guard of honor at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025, at its inauguration ceremony held the same day. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo (R), who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, receives the commander's flag from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo (R), who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, receives the commander's flag from Defense Minister Gen Nakatani during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan to better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, speaks during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo (C), who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, speaks during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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Japan sets up new SDF command to unify defense force operations

Gen. Kenichiro Nagumo, who heads the Japan Self-Defense Forces' newly created Joint Operations Command, speaks during the inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 24, 2025. The permanent body, comprising about 240 personnel, is meant to help Japan better integrate its ground, maritime and air defenses.

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[Breaking News]Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

SAITAMA, Japan, Nov. 9 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo)

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Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (L) and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) attend a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japan PM Ishiba at GSDF inspection ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) attends a troop inspection ceremony at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Asaka base straddling Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture on Nov. 9, 2024, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces.

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Japan-France forces' joint drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's army conduct a joint drill simulating a battle in an urban area at the Ojojihara training ground in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2024.

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Japan-France forces' joint drill

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's army conduct a joint drill simulating a battle in an urban area at the Ojojihara training ground in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2024.

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Japan legislation for defense forces joint command

The House of Councillors approves revised legislation during a plenary session in parliament in Tokyo on May 10, 2024, to set up a joint command headquarters for the Self-Defense Forces' ground, maritime and air units by the end of March 2025.

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GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan Kyodo - A drill for transporting injured personnel is carried out using a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rot　or aircraft at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 24, 2023, as part of a joint exercise between the GSDF and the U.S. Marine Corps. (Kyodo)

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GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force lands at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 24, 2023, for joint drills with U.S. forces.

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GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force prepares to land at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 24, 2023, for joint drills with U.S. forces.

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GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is pictured after landing at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 24, 2023, for joint drills with U.S. forces.

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Representative of Permanent General Mission of Palestine

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 16 Kyodo - Waleed Siam, representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine to Japan, attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2023. (Kyodo)

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1st joint drills by Japan, France ground forces in Pacific

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's armed forces in the French territory of New Caledonia take part in a joint live-fire exercise near Noumea, New Caledonia, in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 28, 2023, the first such exercise involving their ground forces.

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1st joint drills by Japan, France ground forces in Pacific

Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and France's armed forces in the French territory of New Caledonia chat after taking part in a joint live-fire exercise near Noumea, New Caledonia, in the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 28, 2023, the first such exercise involving their ground forces.

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GSDF drill for remote islands defense

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Oct. 7 Kyodo - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel conduct a drill at a camp on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Oct. 7, 2023, to prepare for the defense of remote islands. (Kyodo)

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japanese Self-Defense Forces personnel lower an unmanned submersible with an underwater camera off Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 13, 2023, as the search continues for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 personnel aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces search in waters off Miyako Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on April 13, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces search in waters off Miyako Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on April 13, 2023, for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces leave a port on Irabu Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on the morning of April 13, 2023, to search for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces leave a port on Irabu Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on the morning of April 13, 2023, to search for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces leave a port on Irabu Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on the morning of April 13, 2023, to search for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

A member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces watch over waters off Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 11, 2023, in search of a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 people aboard on April 6.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces search on April 10, 2023, in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel of Japan's Self-Defense Forces search on April 10, 2023, in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa for a Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing on April 6 with 10 people aboard.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel scan the waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 8, 2023, as search efforts continue after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing nearby on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel scan the waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 8, 2023, as search efforts continue after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing nearby on April 6.

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Search continues for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel scan the waters off Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture on April 8, 2023, as search efforts continue after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing nearby on April 6.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel look at the waters from Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 7, 2023, after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing in nearby waters the previous day.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel looking at the waters from Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 7, 2023, after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing in nearby waters the previous day.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel look at the waters from Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 7, 2023, after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing in nearby waters the previous day.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel look at the waters from Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 7, 2023, after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing in nearby waters the previous day.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel look at the waters from Okinawa Prefecture's Miyako Island on April 7, 2023, after a Ground Self-Defense Force UH-60JA helicopter with 10 members aboard went missing in nearby waters the previous day.

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Search for missing Japan SDF chopper

Japan Self-Defense Forces members watch a Japan Coast Guard patrol vessel searching for a missing Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter in waters off Miyako Island of Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 7, 2023. The UH-60JA multipurpose chopper with 10 personnel aboard disappeared from radar the previous day, shortly after taking off from the island to surveil nearby land features.

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Drill to recapture island from enemy forces

AMAMI, Japan - Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force who participated in a drill to recapture a remote island from enemy forces are seen off Amami-Oshima Island's Setouchi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 22, 2014.