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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Japan Defense Minister Nakatani in Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) inspects Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan: Typhoon Krathon Causes Stormy Weather In Ishigaki Island

Due to the moist air surrounding Typhoon Krathon, which is moving toward Taiwan, Ishigaki Island, located southwest of Okinawa Main Island, experienced severe weather with torrential rain and gusty winds on Monday, September 30.

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Japan: Typhoon Gaemi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Sakishima Islands 5

Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Sakishima Islands in Okinawa on Wednesday, July 24 as it headed north-northwest toward Taiwan.

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Japan: Typhoon Gaemi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Sakishima Islands 4

Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Sakishima Islands in Okinawa on Wednesday, July 24 as it headed north-northwest toward Taiwan.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Ishigaki Island

Ishigaki,Okinama,May 17 Kyodo -U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Deputy Ishigaki Mayor Eiichiro Chinen visit a bay on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on May 17, 2024.(Kyodo)

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New Ishigaki airport

File photo taken on May 16, 2024, shows the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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New Ishigaki airport

File photo taken on May 16, 2024, shows the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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New Ishigaki airport

File photo taken on May 16, 2024, shows the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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New Ishigaki airport

File photo taken on May 16, 2024, shows the new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Ishigaki Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (3rd from L) visits Ishigaki port on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Ishigaki Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (C) arrives at new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Ishigaki Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (front, L) and Deputy Ishigaki Mayor Eiichiro Chinen (front, R) visit a bay on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Ishigaki Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel arrives at new Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on May 17, 2024.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel walk in Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 15, 2024.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Photo taken on May 15, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Photo taken on May 15, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Peace march in Okinawa

People stage a peace march on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 15, 2024, the 52nd anniversary since Okinawa's reversion to Japan from U.S. control.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Photo taken from a drone on April 25, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Photo taken from a drone on April 25, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki

Photo taken from a drone on April 25, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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GSDF Camp Ishigaki Camp

Photo taken from a drone on April 25, 2024, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

ISHIGAKI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it. (Kyodo)

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

Commanding Officer Stephen Szachta of the U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta speaks to the press on board the ship on March 11, 2024, as it makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. warship makes port call at Japan's Ishigaki Island

The U.S. Navy destroyer Rafael Peralta makes a port call at Ishigaki Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 11, 2024. The 155-meter-long, guided-missile warship based in Yokosuka near Tokyo did not come alongside the pier as the municipal government did not permit it.

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Baseball: Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki

Lotte Marines pitcher Roki Sasaki practices in the bullpen during spring training in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 4, 2024.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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PAC-3 interceptor on Okinawa

Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor unit deployed at a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force garrison on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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PAC-3 interceptor on Okinawa

Photo taken on Nov. 22, 2023, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile interceptor unit deployed at a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force garrison on Ishigaki Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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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 drill for transporting injured personnel is carried out using a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor 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.

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GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A drill for transporting injured personnel is carried out using a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor 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.

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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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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

People protest against the arrival of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (upper R) at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19, 2023, the first flight of such a plane to the southern island prefecture ahead of joint drills with the U.S. Marines.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (front) arrives at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19, 2023, the first flight of such a plane to the southern island prefecture ahead of joint drills with the U.S. Marines.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (front) arrives at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19, 2023, the first flight of such a plane to the southern island prefecture ahead of joint drills with the U.S. Marines.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (front) arrives at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19, 2023, the first flight of such a plane to the southern island prefecture ahead of joint drills with the U.S. Marines.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (above) flies into Okinawa Prefecture for the first time on Oct. 19, 2023, arriving at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island for joint drills with the U.S. Marines in the southern Japan prefecture.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (above) flies into Okinawa Prefecture for the first time on Oct. 19, 2023, arriving at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island for joint drills with the U.S. Marines in the southern Japan prefecture.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (front) arrives at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 19, 2023, the first flight of such a plane to the southern island prefecture ahead of joint drills with the U.S. Marines.

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1st GSDF Osprey aircraft in Okinawa

A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft (above) flies into Okinawa Prefecture for the first time on Oct. 19, 2023, arriving at Ishigaki airport on Ishigaki Island for joint drills with the U.S. Marines in the southern Japan prefecture.

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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)