Typhoon Shanshan – Strong Winds, Heavy Rains Lash Southwestern Japan 2

Typhoon Shanshan (No. 10) brought heavy rains and strong winds to southwestern Japan on Wednesday, August 28 as it is slowly moving toward Kyushu, one of Japan's four main islands. The storm prompted a emergency warning for storms and high waves for most of Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Kyushu and more than 150 flight cancellations.

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

The U.S. military unveils an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023. The drone, now at the Kagoshima base for temporary deployment, will be moved to the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in November.

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

The U.S. military unveils an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023. The drone, now at the Kagoshima base for temporary deployment, will be moved to the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in November.

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

U.S. military unveils MQ9 drone to media

The U.S. military unveils an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle to the media at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 12, 2023. The drone, now at the Kagoshima base for temporary deployment, will be moved to the U.S. Air Force's Kadena base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, in November.

Masumoto speaks at meeting to raise abduction awareness

Masumoto speaks at meeting to raise abduction awareness

KANOYA, Japan - Teruaki Masumoto, whose elder sister Rumiko was abducted to North Korea in 1978, speaks at an event in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, on Nov. 20, 2014, to raise public awareness of the issue of abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korea.

Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

KANOYA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa (L), elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, makes a speech during the funeral of Tomi Ichikawa (photo in frame), the abductee's mother who died at age 91 on Nov. 15 of subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture.

8,000 people in Kanoya oppose transfer of U.S. air tanker fleet

8,000 people in Kanoya oppose transfer of U.S. air tanker fleet

KANOYA, Japan - People in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, shout their protest against the possible transfer of the U.S. air tanker fleet from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force base in the city at a rally on Feb. 26.

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

The U.S. military conducts a demonstration flight of an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2022, ahead of the drone's temporary deployment there later in November. The U.S. military plans to deploy a total of eight MQ9s at the MSDF base over one year.

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

The U.S. military conducts a demonstration flight of an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2022, ahead of the drone's temporary deployment there later in November. The U.S. military plans to deploy a total of eight MQ9s at the MSDF base over one year.

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

MQ9 drone to be deployed at MSDF air base in Kagoshima

The U.S. military conducts a demonstration flight of an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's air base in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Kanoya, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2022, ahead of the drone's temporary deployment there later in November. The U.S. military plans to deploy a total of eight MQ9s at the MSDF base over one year.

8,000 people in Kanoya oppose transfer of U.S. air tanker fleet

8,000 people in Kanoya oppose transfer of U.S. air tanker fleet

KANOYA, Japan - People in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, shout their protest against the possible transfer of the U.S. air tanker fleet from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to a Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force base in the city at a rally on Feb. 26. (Kyodo)

SDF members' bodies carried to Iruma base

SDF members' bodies carried to Iruma base

At Kanoya Air Base in the southwestern Japan city of Kanoya on April 9, 2016, Self-Defense Force personnel salute a convoy carrying the bodies of six crew members of an Air Self-Defense Force jet which crashed into a mountain. The bodies were later flown to Iruma Air Base near Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Remaining SDF jet crew members found showing no vital signs

Remaining SDF jet crew members found showing no vital signs

Japanese Self-Defense Force members in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture carry one of the six crew who were aboard a crashed Air Self-Defense Force jet on April 8, 2016. Defense Ministry officials said the same day the remaining two crew still missing after the fatal crash of the U-125 flight inspection aircraft had been found on a mountain in Kagoshima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

1 feared dead as wreckage of SDF jet found on Kagoshima mountain

1 feared dead as wreckage of SDF jet found on Kagoshima mountain

Japanese Self-Defense Force members return to their base in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture on April 7, 2016 from the search for an Air Self-Defense Force jet carrying six people that had gone missing the day before. One of the six aboard the U-125 flight inspection aircraft is feared dead, rather than all six as reported earlier, after the Air Staff Office retracted the Defense Ministry's earlier announcement that all six were found near a mountain peak with no vital signs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Reconstructed Zero fighter to carry out test flight

Reconstructed Zero fighter to carry out test flight

Photo taken Jan. 27, 2016, at a Maritime Self-Defense Force air base in the southwestern Japan city of Kanoya shows a reconstructed Zero fighter, Japan's mainstay fighter during the Pacific War, which will soon carry out a trial flight. The organizer of the trial said that while the war should not be repeated, the airplane has a significant place in the history in of Japanese manufacturing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Expert rates Japan's mountains by physical toughness to climbers

Expert rates Japan's mountains by physical toughness to climbers

Masayoshi Yamamoto, professor of exercise physiology at the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Kanoya, southwestern Japan, is seen in this undated photo. He has rated Japan's 100 famous mountains in terms of physical toughness to climbers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

Funeral held for mother of missing abductee Ichikawa

KANOYA, Japan - Kenichi Ichikawa (L), elder brother of Shuichi Ichikawa, who was one of the Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s and 1980s, makes a speech during the funeral of Tomi Ichikawa (photo in frame), the abductee's mother who died at age 91 on Nov. 15 of subarachnoid hemorrhage at a hospital in Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Osprey demonstration flight in southwestern Japan

Osprey demonstration flight in southwestern Japan

Local Japanese people watch a demonstration flight of a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2018. The U.S. Marine Corps made the demonstration flight at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kanoya Air Base ahead of a planned U.S. military exercise involving Osprey aircraft and KC-130 tanker aircraft at the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Osprey demonstration flight in southwestern Japan

Osprey demonstration flight in southwestern Japan

A U.S. Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft makes a demonstration flight at the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kanoya Air Base in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 17, 2018, ahead of a planned U.S. military exercise involving Osprey aircraft and KC-130 tanker aircraft at the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa, whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted by North Korea in 1978, speaks to reporters while watching the U.S.-North Korea summit on television at his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Family of Japanese abductees by N. Korea

Kenichi Ichikawa, whose younger brother Shuichi was abducted by North Korea in 1978, watches the U.S.-North Korea summit on television at his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo