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Chinese naval ship briefly enters Japan's territorial waters

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani meets with reporters at his ministry in Tokyo on June 15, 2016, after a Chinese naval ship briefly entered Japan's territorial waters off the southwestern island of Kuchinoerabu. Nakatani said Tokyo will keep close watch on the movement of Chinese vessels. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese naval ship briefly enters Japan's territorial waters: gov't

Japanese Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroshige Seko holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2016. Seko said Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft spotted a Chinese navy ship sailing in Japan's territorial waters to the west of Kuchinoerabu Island at around 3:30 a.m. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

People in the town of Yakushima send off on Dec. 25, 2015, evacuees from Kuchinoerabu Island, who were returning home after an evacuation order was lifted nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption on the remote island with a population of around 130. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

Residents of the southwestern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu purchase daily goods on Dec. 25, 2015, following their return home after an evacuation order was lifted nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption on the remote island with a population of around 130. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

File photo taken June 4, 2015 shows Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, with Yakushima Island seen in the background. An evacuation order for most of Kuchinoerabu Island was lifted on Dec. 25, nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuation order lifted for southwestern Japan island residents

Inhabitants of Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, board a ferry to leave nearby Yakushima Island on Dec. 25, 2015. They were able to return to Kuchinoerabu after an evacuation order for most of the remote island was lifted the same day, nearly seven months after a volcanic eruption there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Female Shinto priest prays to calm volcano

Yoshie Kaneko, the female Shinto chief priest of the Kanamine shrine on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, prays on Yakushima, another island in the prefecture, on May 30, 2015, for an end to volcanic eruptions on Kuchinoerabu. She has evacuated to Yakushima since the eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu in late May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Civilian firefighter leads evacuation on eruption-hit volcanic isle

Masayuki Yamaguchi, 46-year-old leader of a civilian firefighter team on the volcanic islet of Kuchinoerabu in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, poses on June 5, 2015, during an interview on the nearby island of Yakushima to which he helped all residents evacuate on May 29 following a volcanic eruption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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One month after all residents left volcanic eruption-hit Japan island

Photo taken June 29, 2015, from a Kyodo News airplane shows Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, a month after the eruption of Mt. Shindake prompted all 137 people to evacuate the remote island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano on southwestern Japan island erupts for 2nd day

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows part of Kuchinoerabu Island, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on which a volcano erupted for the second straight day on June 19, 2015. The buildings and cars are believed to have been hit by a mudslide. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano on southwestern Japanese island erupts for 2nd day

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Kuchinoerabu Island, about 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on which a volcano erupted for the second day in a row on June 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano on southwestern Japanese island erupts for 2nd day

Photo taken June 19, 2015, shows Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A volcano on the tiny island vacated by inhabitants due to its eruption three weeks earlier erupted again for the second day in a row, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano on southwestern Japan island erupts again: weather agency

Noritake Nishide, director-general of the Japan Meteorological Agency, speaks at a regular press conference in Tokyo on June 18, 2015. The agency said a volcano is likely to have erupted again the same day on Kuchinoerabu Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after the May 29 violent eruption of Mt. Shindake on the small island forced all 137 islanders to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Asama appears to have had small eruption

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crater of Mt. Asama, a volcano about 140 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, which had a small eruption on June 16, 2015. The latest eruption follows recent volcanic activity nationwide including an eruption on Kuchinoerabu Island, southwestern Japan, in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Asama appears to have had small eruption

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crater of Mt. Asama, a volcano about 140 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, which had a small eruption on June 16, 2015. The latest eruption follows recent volcanic activity nationwide including an eruption on Kuchinoerabu Island, southwestern Japan, in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Asama appears to have had small eruption

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a crater of Mt. Asama, a volcano about 140 kilometers northwest of Tokyo, which had a small eruption on June 16, 2015. The latest eruption follows recent volcanic activity nationwide including an eruption on Kuchinoerabu Island, southwestern Japan, in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcanic activity on Kuchinoerabu remains active: committee

Photo taken June 15, 2015, shows a regular meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Prediction of Volcanic Eruptions at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo. The committee said volcanic activity on Kuchinoerabu Island, around 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, remains active after all 118 residents were evacuated the previous month. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe pledges support for volcano evacuees in southwestern Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks with an evacuee from the southwestern Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu on nearby Yakushima Island on June 13, 2015. Abe pledged support for evacuees from the remote island, where a volcano erupted in late May. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees fear landslides as rainy season starts in southern Japan

The ash-covered Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, has traces of pyroclastic flow from the eruption of Mt. Shindake there on May 29, 2015, as seen from a Kyodo News helicopter. With the start of the rainy season, evacuated residents are worried that landslides could cause secondary damage to their homes and properties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees reunited with pet cats

A resident of Kuchinoerabu Island, who evacuated from the remote island in southwestern Japan following a volcano eruption, is reunited with her pet cat on the nearby Yakushima Island on June 1, 2015, three days after the eruption, as firefighters picked up the animal from the island and delivered it to its owner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees reunited with pet cats

A resident of Kuchinoerabu Island, who evacuated from the remote island in southwestern Japan following a volcano eruption, is reunited with his pet cat on the nearby Yakushima Island on June 1, 2015, three days after the eruption, as firefighters picked up the animal from the island and delivered it to its owner. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people conducting checks at houses on the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu on June 1, 2015. Following a volcano eruption there on May 29, all of the islanders have been evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and they briefly returned home on June 1 to unplug electrical appliances and check on their farm animals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

People arrive in southwestern Japan island of Yakushima on June 1, 2015, after briefly visiting their home on nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, with one of them carrying a case containing a pet cat. The Kuchinoerabu islanders have taken shelter on Yakushima since a volcano eruption on May 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

Residents of the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu and firefighters form a line prior to a brief homecoming on June 1, 2015. The islanders have stayed on nearby Yakushima Island since a volcano on their home island erupted on May 29. During their two-hour stay, they unplugged electrical appliances and checked on their farm animals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuee children attend schools in Yakushima

Elementary school children, who evacuated the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu following a volcano eruption there, attend a school on June 1, 2015, on the nearby Yakushima Island, where they have taken shelter. Of the 16 elementary and junior high school students from Kuchinoerabu, 13 attended classes in Yakushima. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees briefly return home

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows people conducting checks at houses on the southwestern Japan island of Kuchinoerabu on June 1, 2015. Following a volcano eruption there on May 29, all of the islanders have been evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and they briefly returned home on June 1 to unplug electrical appliances and check on their farm animals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volcano evacuees temporarily return to island

Fishing boats carrying some volcano evacuees who are staying on nearby Yakushima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, leave in the morning on June 1, 2015, for their homes on Kuchinoerabu Island, where a volcano erupted three days earlier. The evacuees will stay at Kuchinoerabu temporarily to take care of their pets and for other purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Evacuees from eruption-hit Japanese island stay on nearby island

Pool photo taken May 31, 2015 shows Koji Araki (L), mayor of Yakushima in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima, handing a stationery set to an elementary school student, who was among the evacuees from the volcanic eruption-hit Kuchinoerabu Island, in a shelter on Yakushima Island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on small Japanese island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 30, 2015, shows Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, on which Mt. Shindake erupted the previous day. All 137 islanders and visitors were evacuated to nearby Yakushima Island, and now must consider how to live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Ryosei Akazawa (far L), senior vice minister of disaster prevention, meets with Yakushima town mayor Koji Araki (far R) in Yakushima on May 30, 2015, after Mt. Shindake on the nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, erupted. All of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to Yakushima Island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground by pyroclastic flow, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Evacuees from Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, stay at an evacuation center on May 30, 2015, on the nearby Yakushima Island, after spending the night there. Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu erupted the previous day, forcing all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on May 30, 2015, shows volcanic smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, a day after its explosive eruption. It forced all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

An evacuee from Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, feeds a pet dog on May 30, 2015, at a community center on the nearby Yakushima Island, after he spent the night there. Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu erupted the previous day, forcing all of the 137 islanders and visitors to evacuate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows a road on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, covered with volcanic ash, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows trees on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, leveled to the ground, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 day after volcano eruption on Japanese small island

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 30, 2015, shows cars on Kuchinoerabu Island, some 1,000 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, covered with volcanic ash, a day after the eruption of Mt. Shindake there. While all of the 137 islanders and visitors were successfully evacuated to the nearby Yakushima Island, they began considering how they could live away from their homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island have meals at a community center on nearby Yakushima on May 29, 2015. An explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island the same day prompted all the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu to leave the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island have meals at a community center on nearby Yakushima on May 29, 2015. An explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island the same day prompted all the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu to leave the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows buildings and cars believed to be hit by pyroclastic flow following the explosive eruption of Mt. Shindake on southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island on May 29, 2015. All the 137 residents and visitors on Kuchinoerabu have been confirmed safe and left the island by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All residents of small Japan island evacuated after volcano erupts

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 29, 2015, shows white smoke rising from Mt. Shindake on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu, located about 100 kilometers south of Kyushu, following its explosive eruption. All 137 people who live on the island have been confirmed safe and evacuated by sea or air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Evacuees from southwestern Japan's Kuchinoerabu Island arrive at a port on nearby Yakushima Island on May 29, 2015. An eruption of Mt. Shindake on Kuchinoerabu Island prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

A man (L) arrives by helicopter on Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on May 29, 2015, from nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, where the eruption of Mt. Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Shindake erupting on Kuchinoerabu Island, southwestern Japan, on May 29, 2015. Authorities evacuated all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a ferry evacuating islanders from Kuchinoerabu Island in southwestern Japan, following the eruption of Mt. Shindake (back) on May 29, 2015. All 137 islanders were evacuated by sea and air. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Eruption forces islanders to evacuate in southwestern Japan

A woman talks to reporters after arriving by helicopter on Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan on May 29, 2015, from nearby Kuchinoerabu Island, where the eruption of Mt. Shindake prompted authorities to evacuate all 137 islanders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo