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[Breaking news]Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

UENOHARA, Japan, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 11, 2026. (Kyodo)

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Wildfire in Yamanashi Pref.

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows continuing firefighting operations by a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter against a wildfire at Mt. Ogi, straddling Uenohara and Otsuki cities in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, on Jan. 11, 2026.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Japan's new Osprey base on Kyushu

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on July 9, 2025, shows a Ground Self-Defense Force V-22 Osprey transport aircraft upon its arrival at the GSDF's new Camp Saga in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on the main island of Kyushu.

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Runway closed at southwest Japan airport after explosion on taxiway

MIYAZAKI, Japan, Oct. 2 Kyodo - Video taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 2, 2024, shows a crater from an explosion on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, caused by an unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II. With such bombs often discovered at the airport, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force sent an explosive ordnance disposal unit to investigate. (Kyodo)

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Runway closed at southwest Japan airport after explosion on taxiway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 2, 2024, shows a crater from an explosion on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, caused by an unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II. With such bombs often discovered at the airport, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force sent an explosive ordnance disposal unit to investigate.

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Runway closed at southwest Japan airport after explosion on taxiway

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 2, 2024, shows a crater from an explosion on a taxiway at Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, caused by an unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II. With such bombs often discovered at the airport, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force sent an explosive ordnance disposal unit to investigate.

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GSDF UH-1J helicopter

Photo taken on March 15, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force UH-1J helicopter flying above Hita in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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GSDF UH-1J helicopter

Photo taken on March 15, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force UH-1J helicopter flying above Hita in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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GSDF UH-1J helicopter

Photo taken on March 15, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force UH-1J helicopter flying above Hita in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a crashed Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel after it recovered a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys a remotely operated vehicle into the sea on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is underway by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Japan GSDF transport helicopter

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47JA transport helicopter at the force's Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan GSDF transport helicopter

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47JA transport helicopter at the force's Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan GSDF attack helicopter

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force AH-64D attack helicopter at the force's Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Japan GSDF attack helicopter

Photo taken on Dec. 3, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force AH-64D attack helicopter at the force's Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Shooting incident at GSDF firing range in central Japan

Photo taken on June 14, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force firing range in Gifu, central Japan, where two GSDF members were killed and another left injured after being shot by a trainee with a rifle earlier in the day. The 18-year-old male GSDF trainee who fired the rifle was arrested at the site for attempted murder, according to police.

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Shooting incident at GSDF firing range in central Japan

Photo taken on June 14, 2023, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force firing range in Gifu, central Japan, where two GSDF members were killed and another left injured after being shot by a trainee with a rifle earlier in the day. The 18-year-old male GSDF trainee who fired the rifle was arrested at the site for attempted murder, according to police.

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Helicopter lifted from seabed, GSDF hurry to clarify cause of accident

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan Kyodo - The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel after it recovered a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a crashed Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys a remotely operated vehicle into the sea on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is underway by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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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

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine rescue ship Chihaya searches in waters off Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, 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

A Maritime Self-Defense Force vessel is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, as it takes part in the search 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

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper Etajima is pictured from Okinawa Prefecture's Ikema Island on April 14, 2023, as it takes part in the search 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

Submarine rescue ship Chihaya of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force searches 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.