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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

SAGA, Japan, Sept. 7 Kyodo - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host the GSDF's fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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RECAP: Record Rain Batters Tokyo as Chiba Sees Tornado-Like Event

Heavy rain and thunderstorms caused extreme weather across the Kanto region on Thursday, September 11. In Tokyo, Setagaya Ward recorded 92.0 mm of rain and Ota Ward 88.5 mm in just one hour, with some central areas receiving over 100 mm. The intense downpours disrupted rail and airport services and caused rivers including the Yazawa and Tachiai to overflow. Meanwhile, in Chiba Prefecture, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed, prompting the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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Japan: Tornado-Like Phenomenon Spotted in Kisarazu, Chiba 2

On the afternoon of September 11, 2025, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. This video was filmed in the Kaneda area along Tokyo Bay. At the time, thunderclouds were rapidly developing over the Kanto region, and the Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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Japan: Tornado-Like Phenomenon Spotted in Kisarazu, Chiba

On the afternoon of September 11, 2025, a tornado-like phenomenon was observed in Kisarazu City, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. This video was filmed in the Kaneda area along Tokyo Bay. At the time, thunderclouds were rapidly developing over the Kanto region, and the Japan Meteorological Agency had issued a “Tornado Advisory” for the Tokyo area.

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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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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows V-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at 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 V-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at 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 V-22 Osprey transport aircraft (front) deployed at 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

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (3rd from L) inspects the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front) is pictured at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga after boarding a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host the GSDF's fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu for its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Umihotaru parking area on Tokyo Bay

Photo taken on June 17, 2023, shows Umihotaru parking area (front) along the Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway that links Kisarazu (background) in Chiba Prefecture and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Umihotaru parking area on Tokyo Bay

Photo taken on June 17, 2023, shows Umihotaru parking area (front) along the Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway that links Kisarazu (background) in Chiba Prefecture and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Predawn M5.2 quake rattles eastern Japan, including Tokyo

Shattered roof tiles lie scattered around a house in Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted eastern Japan on May 11, 2023.

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Predawn M5.2 quake rattles eastern Japan, including Tokyo

Photo taken on May 11, 2023, shows a partially dislodged ceiling light at JR Kisarazu Station in Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, after a predawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted eastern Japan the same day.

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Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway linking Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. The 15.1 kilometer expressway marked the 25th anniversary the same day of its opening.

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Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway

Photo taken on Dec. 18, 2022, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Umihotaru parking area (front) along the Tokyo Bay Aqualine expressway linking Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture and Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture. The 15.1 kilometer expressway marked the 25th anniversary the same day of its opening.

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Japan marathon winners bag award named after Ethiopian legend Abebe

CHIBA, Japan - Yetnayet Abebe (L), son of Ethiopian marathon legend Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), awards Yuki Kawauchi, the winner of the half-marathon race at the Chiba Aqualine Marathon, the Abebe Bikila Cup during an award ceremony in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 19, 2014. The cup was created for the marathon at the initiative of the Ethiopian Embassy in Tokyo to promote the legendary marathon runner. Bikila won gold medals at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics and is famous for running barefoot in Rome. (

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Buddhist denomination's cemetery in Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Buddhist denomination Shinnyo-en's a cemetery with the same shape of tombstone in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, is seen in this undated photo. Funeral customs and traditions have been changing in Japan.

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Koizumi seeks no nuclear power

KISARAZU, Japan - Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers a speech in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 16, 2013. Koizumi called on the government to adopt a policy to do away with nuclear power plants, saying the Japanese economy can sufficiently grow without them.

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Tokyo Bay Aqualine leaving huge debt for next generation

TOKYO, Japan - This is an aerial view of the 10-year-old Tokyo Aqualine, with the Umihotaru Parking Area in the foreground and Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, in the background.

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Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Chiba

KISARAZU, Japan - Two Buddhist priests recite a sutra during the first memorial service held in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 8 for 12 American airmen who died when their B-29 bomber was shot down by Japanese artillery fire during World War II. About 150 Japanese and American nationals attended the service, among them Col. Edward McAllister of the U.S. air force, an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

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Japanese man recites pi to 83,000 digits, sets new world record

CHIBA, Japan - Akira Haraguchi, 59, recites pi, or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on July 1. He recited pi to 83,431 digits from July 1 to 2 in a new world record almost double the current Guinness Book record.

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Sunflowers bloom in Chiba Pref.

KISARAZU, Japan - People view one million sunflowers in full bloom in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on July 12.

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Trees planted by Emperor, Empress

KISARAZU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko plant trees assisted by volunteers in a tree-panting festival, the 54th in an annual series, at Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on May 18.

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Emperor, empress visit DNA research institute

KISARAZU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko watch an apparatus during a tour of a DNA research institute in Kisarazu, east of Tokyo, on May 17. (Pool photo)

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National boxing champ to box in charity match

KISARAZU, Japan - Japanese super flyweight champion Shingo Sasaki, is in exercise at his gym in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 12 in preparation for his charity match against Thailand's top-ranked super flyweight Khunchit Kiatgeija in Sodegaura on Dec. 15. A public servant in the town of Kyonan in the prefecture, Sasaki is legally barred from receiving a purse. The proceeds of the nontitle match will go to the municipal coffers of Sodegaura and Kisarazu, with part of the money expected to be spent on sports promotion.

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2 dead in GSDF chopper collision over Chiba Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members on Feb. 14 search a bamboo grove in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, where an OH-6 observation helicopter from the GSDF's Camp Kisarazu crashed after it hit an AH-1 antitank chopper from the same camp. Two crewmen on board the OH-6 were killed. A window on the AH-1 broke and one crewman suffered slight injuries, but the chopper returned to camp.

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Researchers decode plant genome for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - Michio Oishi (R) and Satoshi Tabata (C), of the Kazusa DNA Research Institute in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, speak at a news conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13. They and researchers in the United States, Britain, France and Germany have succeeded in decoding the genome of a plant for the first time.

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Bargain hunters flock to Sogo's Tokyo store for last sale

TOKYO, Japan - Bargain hunters flock to the Yurakucho store in Tokyo of failed department chain operator Sogo Co. as it closes its doors for the last time Sept. 24. Sogo has decided to close the Yurakucho store as well as ones in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, and Nagano as part of its rehabilitation plan.

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Japan, N. Korea end talks on establishing ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R), who leads his country's delegation in negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, proposes a toast with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, at a party hosted by North Korea after ending the final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 24.

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Japan, N. Korea continue talks past schedule

KISARAZU, Japan - Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), chief of the North Korean delegation, and Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese team, walk toward the conference room at a local hotel Aug. 24 as they resume talks on normalization of bilateral relations.

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Japan, N. Korea hold final day of talks to establish ties

KISARAZU, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (L), who leads the country's delegation to negotiations on establishing bilateral ties with Japan, shakes hands with Ambassador Kojiro Takano, head of the Japanese side, prior to their final day of talks at a hotel in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Aug. 24.

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N. Korean negotiators arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A North Korean delegation led by Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R) arrived in Japan on Aug. 21 for a second round of negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties. The delegation was welcomed at Narita airport by Kojiro Takano (L), ambassador in charge of normalization talks, who will head the Japanese team. The two sides will hold two plenary negotiations -- on Aug. 22 in Tokyo and on Aug. 24 in Kisarazu in the adjacent prefecture of Chiba.

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Japan, N. Korea kick off talks on diplomatic ties

TOKYO, Japan - Kojiro Takano (L), Japan's chief envoy for negotiations with North Korea on establishing diplomatic ties, and Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa, who leads the North Korean delegation, shake hands at the outset of the talks in Tokyo on Aug. 22. On Aug. 24, the two sides will move to Kisarazu in neighboring Chiba Prefecture for the second day of talks.

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N. Korean ambassador meets Kono

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa, who leads his country's delegation for negotiations with Japan on establishing diplomatic ties, pays a courtesy call on Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono in Tokyo on Aug. 22. The delegations of both countries kicked off their postponed second round of talks later in the day in Tokyo, which will be followed by a second day of talks on Aug. 24 in Kisarazu in neighboring Chiba Prefecture.

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Test of electronic tolling system begins on Chiba highways

KISARAZU, Japan - Two expressway operators on April 24 jointly begin test use of an electronic tolling system that allows vehicles to pass through tollgates without stopping. Under the system, users insert their credit cards into a device installed in their cars. The device and antennas at the tollgates exchange information by radio signals, allowing the drivers to pay later with their cards.

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Japan's defense minister boards Osprey

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (L front) visits the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2022. Kishi boarded a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft for the first time. (Pool photo)

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Japan's defense minister boards Osprey

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (3rd from L) is pictured at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture after boarding a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft for the first time on Jan. 29, 2022. (Pool photo)

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Japan's defense minister boards Osprey

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (L front) visits the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2022. Kishi boarded a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft for the first time. (Pool photo)

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Japan's defense minister boards Osprey

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi (3rd from L) looks at a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft during a visit to the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture on Jan. 29, 2022. Kishi boarded the plane for the first time. (Pool photo)

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National boxing champ to box in charity match

KISARAZU, Japan - Japanese super flyweight champion Shingo Sasaki, is in exercise at his gym in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture on Dec. 12 in preparation for his charity match against Thailand's top-ranked super flyweight Khunchit Kiatgeija in Sodegaura on Dec. 15. A public servant in the town of Kyonan in the prefecture, Sasaki is legally barred from receiving a purse. The proceeds of the nontitle match will go to the municipal coffers of Sodegaura and Kisarazu, with part of the money expected to be spent on sports promotion.

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N. Korean negotiators arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A North Korean delegation led by Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa (R) arrived in Japan on Aug. 21 for a second round of negotiations on establishing diplomatic ties. The delegation was welcomed at Narita airport by Kojiro Takano (L), ambassador in charge of normalization talks, who will head the Japanese team. The two sides will hold two plenary negotiations -- on Aug. 22 in Tokyo and on Aug. 24 in Kisarazu in the adjacent prefecture of Chiba.

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N. Korean ambassador meets Kono

TOKYO, Japan - North Korean Ambassador Jong Thae Hwa, who leads his country's delegation for negotiations with Japan on establishing diplomatic ties, pays a courtesy call on Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono in Tokyo on Aug. 22. The delegations of both countries kicked off their postponed second round of talks later in the day in Tokyo, which will be followed by a second day of talks on Aug. 24 in Kisarazu in neighboring Chiba Prefecture.

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Picture diaries drawn by former Japanese schoolgirl right after WWII

Photo taken on July 21, 2015, shows picture diaries drawn by students of a now-defunct girls' senior high school in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, around December 1945, four months after the end of World War II. They are on display at the Kisarazu Hometown Museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-schoolgirl's picture diary shows life at WWII munitions factory

Photo taken on July 21, 2015, shows a picture diary drawn by Setsu Ogawa as a student of a now-defunct girls' senior high school in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, in December 1945, four months after the end of World War II. It depicts life at a munitions factory where Ogawa was dispatched during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-student looks at picture diaries drawn in late 1945

Setsu Ogawa, former student at a now-defunct girls' senior high school in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, southeast of Tokyo, looks on Aug. 4, 2015, at picture diaries drawn by students of the school in December 1945, four months after the end of World War II. They are on display at the Kisarazu Hometown Museum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service held for U.S. crewmen of B-29 shot down over Ch

KISARAZU, Japan - Two Buddhist priests recite a sutra during the first memorial service held in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, on Aug. 8 for 12 American airmen who died when their B-29 bomber was shot down by Japanese artillery fire during World War II. About 150 Japanese and American nationals attended the service, among them Col. Edward McAllister of the U.S. air force, an attache at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. (Kyodo)