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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific. ==Kyodo

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Wheelchair tennis great Kunieda retires

Shingo Kunieda holds up the trophy after winning his first Wimbledon title in wheelchair singles in London on July 10, 2022. Kunieda, who won 50 Grand Slam titles across singles and doubles, announced his retirement from the sport on Jan. 22, 2023.

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Whale spotted in Osaka river

Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a stray whale swimming close to the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023. Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a coast guard vessel monitoring a stray whale near the mouth of the Yodo River in Osaka, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Col. Rohit Kapil of the Indian Air Force speaks at a news conference at the Japan Air Self-Defense Forece's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise from Jan. 16.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Col. Rohit Kapil (C) of the Indian Air Force speaks at a news conference at the Japan Air Self-Defense Forece's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise from Jan. 16.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Japan Air Self-Defense Force members greet Indian Air Force personnel at the ASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise from Jan. 16.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint fighter jet exercise.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint fighter jet exercise.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahisa Ishimura (R) and Col. Rohit Kapil of the Indian Air Force shake hands at the ASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise from Jan. 16.

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Food delivery robot

A food delivery robot enters an elevator to deliver lunch, snacks and other food in an office building in Tokyo during a media demonstration on Jan. 10, 2023, held a day ahead of a 17-day test operation by East Japan Railway Co. and KDDI Corp.

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Crown Prince Fumihito visits emigration museum

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L) and their son Prince Hisahito (R) visit a Japan International Cooperation Agency museum on Japanese emigrants to the Americas in Yokohama near Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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MSDF destroyer unable to sail off west Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 10, 2023, shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma in waters off the western Japan prefecture of Yamaguchi in the Seto Inland Sea. The 4,550-ton vessel became unable to sail and leaked oil after its propeller was damaged, possibly due to hitting a rock on the seabed, the MSDF said.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint fighter jet exercise.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

Japan Air Self-Defense Force Maj. Gen. Takahisa Ishimura (R) and Col. Rohit Kapil of the Indian Air Force shake hands at the ASDF's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint jet fighter air exercise.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint fighter jet exercise.

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Japan, India's joint fighter jet training

A Sukhoi-30 fighter plane of the Indian Air Force arrives at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on Jan. 10, 2023, ahead of Japan and India's first joint fighter jet exercise.

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China blocks visas for Japan, S. Korea

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023, in which he said China has stopped issuing visas for visitors from Japan and South Korea.

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China blocks visas for Japan, S. Korea

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin speaks during a press conference in Beijing on Jan. 10, 2023, in which he said China has stopped issuing visas for visitors from Japan and South Korea.

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China's anti-COVID drug Azvudine

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023, shows an assembly line for oral anti-COVID drug Azvudine at a factory of China Resources Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co. in Beijing. The Chinese government unveiled the factory to the media amid rampant coronavirus infections in the country.

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China's anti-COVID drug Azvudine

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023, shows an assembly line for oral anti-COVID drug Azvudine at a factory of China Resources Double-Crane Pharmaceutical Co. in Beijing. The Chinese government unveiled the factory to the media amid rampant coronavirus infections in the country.

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China's Azvudine factory unveiled

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023, shows a glimpse inside a plant manufacturing Azvudine, China's first domestic anti-COVID oral pill, unveiled to international media the same day in Beijing.

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China's Azvudine factory unveiled

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023, shows a glimpse inside a plant manufacturing Azvudine, China's first domestic anti-COVID oral pill, unveiled to international media the same day in Beijing.

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China's Azvudine factory unveiled

Photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023, shows a glimpse inside a plant manufacturing Azvudine, China's first domestic anti-COVID oral pill, unveiled to international media the same day in Beijing.

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Japan PM Kishida arrives in London

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) arrives at London Stansted Airport on the outskirts of London on Jan. 10, 2023, on the third leg of his weeklong tour to five Group of Seven nations ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May he will chair.

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Japan PM Kishida arrives in London

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at London Stansted Airport on the outskirts of London on Jan. 10, 2023, on the third leg of his weeklong tour to five Group of Seven nations ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May he will chair.

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Japan PM Kishida in Italy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) waves at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, just outside Rome, on Jan. 10, 2023, after concluding a visit to Rome on the second leg of his weeklong tour to five Group of Seven nations ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May he will chair.

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni shake hands following a joint news conference held after their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni attend a joint news conference following their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni attend a joint news conference following their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni shake hands following a joint news conference held after their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a joint news conference with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni following their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends a joint news conference with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida following their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) prepares to attend a welcoming event ahead of his talks with his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni (L) in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) is greeted by his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni (C) ahead of their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni shake hands ahead of their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan-Italy summit in Rome

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni pose for a photo ahead of their talks in Rome on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida in Italy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) arrives at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, just outside Rome, on Jan. 10, 2023, during his tour of five of the Group of Seven nations.

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Japan PM Kishida in Italy

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at Leonardo da Vinci International Airport in Fiumicino, just outside Rome, on Jan. 10, 2023, during his tour of five of the Group of Seven nations.