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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in Okinawa

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) visits U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen in the town of Kin in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa to see a part of large-scale joint drills being held by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on March 10, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in Okinawa

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) visits U.S. Marine Corps Camp Hansen in the town of Kin in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa to see a part of large-scale joint drills being held by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on March 10, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Marine Corps personnel conduct a joint anti-disaster drill at the Marines' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2023, under a scenario that a fire occurred outside the U.S. base following a Marines helicopter accident, leaving many local people injured.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

KIN, Japan, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) joins the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

KIN, Japan, Feb. 6 Kyodo - Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) plays catch during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021, with manager Kazuhisa Ishii looking on.

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Kin Town in Okinawa to accept U.S. military base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Tsuyoshi Gibu (L), mayor of Kin Town in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, tells Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima of the town office's decision to accept U.S. military buildings during a meeting at the Okinawa prefectural government building on April 14, 2014.

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Hotel to be built at ex-U.S. military site in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Kin Mayor Tsuyoshi Gibu (L) and Tan Chee Sing, chief executive officer of Malaysian developer Dijaya Corp., shake hands in the town in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 22, 2012. The town has reached an agreement with Dijaya to construct a hotel on a former U.S. military training site returned to Japan in 2011.

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Hotel to be built at ex-U.S. military site in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Kin Mayor Tsuyoshi Gibu (L) speaks in a press conference in the town in Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 22, 2012. The town has reached an agreement with Malaysian developer Dijaya Corp. to construct a hotel on a former U.S. military training site returned to Japan in 2011.

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U.S. military site returned to Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Ministry officials remove a sign banning entry to the Gimbaru Training Area of the U.S. Marine Corps in the town of Kin in Okinawa Prefecture on July 31, 2011. The United States returned the land to the town the same day after using it as a military training site for 54 years, in line with a 1996 bilateral accord.

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U.S. military's Camp Hansen in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the town of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010.

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U.S. Marines conduct landing drill in Okinawa

KIN, Japan - U.S. Marines conduct landing practice in the town of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 11. The drill was shown to a limited number of reporters.

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10,000 protest against U.S. Army exercises in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Some 10,000 people stage a protest rally against military exercises of U.S. Army using live ammunition in the town of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 19. The protesters, including Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, appealed the danger involving the exercises at a new combat facility at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, which is only 300 meters away from residential areas.

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Okinawa people demand U,S. hand over Marine

KIN, Japan - Members of civic groups stage a rally outside a U.S. military base in the town of Kin on June 17, demanding that the United States hand over the Japanese authorities a U.S. Marine for whom an arrest warrant for rape has been issued.

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Tenn. pair hand support letters to Ehime Maru kin

HONOLULU, United States - Dale Long (2nd from L), from the town of Greeneville, Tennessee, shakes hands March 6 with Ryosuke Terata (R), whose 17-year-old student son Yusuke was lost at sea when the fisheries training vessel Ehime Maru went down Feb. 9. Dale and his wife Linda (L) handed letters of support to the relatives of the victims of the tragedy.

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U.S. commander apologizes to Okinawa governor over comments

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston (L), U.S. military commander in Okinawa Prefecture, apologizes to Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) on Feb. 8 over his description of the governor and other local officials as ''nuts and wimps.'' Hailston used the derogatory remarks in an e-mail he sent to 13 U.S. officers in Okinawa on Jan. 23 in connection with the response of the prefectural assembly to an indecent act by a U.S. Marine in the town of Kin in northern Okinawa on Jan. 9.

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Okinawa governor comments on Hailston's e-mail

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine responds to questions from reporters in Naha on Feb. 6 after Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston, chief of U.S. forces in Okinawa Prefecture, called Okinawa prefectural officials, including Inamine, ''nuts and wimps'' in an e-mail. ''Although it is a personal letter of the lieutenant general, I feel intense discomfort,'' Inamine said of the e-mail Hailston sent to 13 U.S. officers in Okinawa on Jan. 23 concerning indecent acts by a Marine in the town of Kin in northern Okinawa on Jan. 9.

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Okinawa officials described as 'nuts and wimps'

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston (file photo), chief of U.S. forces in Okinawa Prefecture, has called Okinawa prefectural officials, including Gov. Keiichi Inamine, ''nuts and wimps,'' informed sources said Feb. 6. ''I think they are all nuts and a bunch of wimps,'' Hailston said in his e-mail sent to 13 U.S. officers in Okinawa on Jan. 23, concerning the latest indecent acts conducted by a Marine in the town of Kin in northern Okinawa on Jan. 9.

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Rampant COVID-19 at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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Rampant COVID-19 at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 6, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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Rampant COVID-19 at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 5, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Hansen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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10,000 protest against U.S. Army exercises in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Some 10,000 people stage a protest rally against military exercises of U.S. Army using live ammunition in the town of Kin, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 19. The protesters, including Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine, appealed the danger involving the exercises at a new combat facility at the Marine Corps' Camp Hansen, which is only 300 meters away from residential areas. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa people demand U,S. hand over Marine

KIN, Japan - Members of civic groups stage a rally outside a U.S. military base in the town of Kin on June 17, demanding that the United States hand over the Japanese authorities a U.S. Marine for whom an arrest warrant for rape has been issued. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (18) throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021, with Eagles owner Hiroshi Mikitani (R) and manager Kazuhisa Ishii looking on.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021, with manager Kazuhisa Ishii looking on.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 14, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka takes batting practice during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 13, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 12, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 12, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is pictured during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka is pictured during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) is pictured during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (L) plays catch during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) is pictured during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws a bullpen session during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 9, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) speaks to teammates before the start of practice during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka runs during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (C) joins the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka plays catch during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021.

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Baseball: Tanaka at Rakuten's spring training

Former New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (R) plays catch during the Rakuten Eagles' spring training in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, southern Japan, on Feb. 6, 2021, with manager Kazuhisa Ishii looking on.