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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

NISHINOOMOTE, Japan, Jan. 13 Kyodo - Video taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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New SDF base on island for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a drone on Jan. 10, 2026, shows Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote. Construction started in January 2023 for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific. ==Kyodo

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

People protest against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on Mage Island, located about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea and part of the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, on Jan. 10, 2026. Construction started in January 2023 for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter drills

Japan started construction work Thursday for a Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in a southwestern prefecture, the Defense Ministry said, under a plan to relocate military drills using U.S. carrier-borne fighter jets. In the work expected to last four years on Mage Island in Kagoshima, the ministry will first build runways and ammunition storage facilities, according to an environmental assessment report made public earlier in the day. The project will pave the way for the relocation of the practice site for U.S. fighter jets from Iwoto Island in the Pacific, about 1,250 kilometers south of Tokyo, following the construction work on the 8 square km island.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Protest against new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Nishinoomote, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 12, 2023, shows people protesting against the construction of a Japan Self-Defense Forces base on an uninhabited island in the city. Construction work started the same day on Mage Island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for the base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Japan begins construction of new SDF base for U.S. fighter jet drills

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Jan. 12, 2023, shows Mage Island in Nishinoomote, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Construction work started the same day on the uninhabited island about 990 kilometers southwest of Tokyo in the East China Sea for a Japan Self-Defense Forces base, to be used as a site for U.S. fighter jet drills, relocated from Iwoto Island in the Pacific.

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Landing practice for U.S. carrier-based aircraft

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A U.S. Navy FA-18 fighter conducts touch-and-go landing practice on Iwoto Island in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo, on May 16, 2012, which was open to the press. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering moving the drill for carrier-based aircraft on the island in the Pacific to Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Construction work at Mage Island

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A dump truck and a bulldozer are seen during construction work on Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 2, 2011. The Japanese government plans to move U.S. aircraft carrier landing drills, provisionally conducted on Iwoto Island, to Mage Island in association with the transfer of carrier-based aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, by 2014, as agreed under a 2006 bilateral accord.

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U.S. military drill on Iwojima

TOKYO, Japan - A U.S. fighter jet is seen during a field carrier landing practice on Iwoto Island, about 1,250 kilometers south of central Tokyo, on June 7, 2011. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering relocating the drill to Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 7, 2011, shows Iwoto Island, about 1,250 kilometers south of central Tokyo. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering moving the U.S. carrier-borne aircraft landing drill on the island to Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, as part of a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces.

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Mage Island, Kagoshima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Defense Ministry informed a local government in the prefecture on June 1, 2011, that it is considering using the island for carrier-borne aircraft landing practice as part of a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces.

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Island to be site for U.S. training

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Municipal leaders near the island opposed on May 25, 2011, a Japanese government decision to move aircraft landing practices there, a plan associated with the transfer of the aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan by 2014.

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Construction work at Mage Island

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A dump truck and a bulldozer are seen during construction work on Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on July 2, 2011. The Japanese government plans to move U.S. aircraft carrier landing drills, provisionally conducted on Iwoto Island, to Mage Island in association with the transfer of carrier-based aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni Air Station in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, by 2014, as agreed under a 2006 bilateral accord. (Kyodo)

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Iwoto Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on June 7, 2011, shows Iwoto Island, about 1,250 kilometers south of central Tokyo. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering moving the U.S. carrier-borne aircraft landing drill on the island to Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, as part of a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces. (Kyodo)

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U.S. military drill on Iwojima

TOKYO, Japan - A U.S. fighter jet is seen during a field carrier landing practice on Iwoto Island, about 1,250 kilometers south of central Tokyo, on June 7, 2011. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering relocating the drill to Mage Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Mage Island, Kagoshima Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. The Defense Ministry informed a local government in the prefecture on June 1, 2011, that it is considering using the island for carrier-borne aircraft landing practice as part of a plan for the realignment of U.S. forces. (Kyodo)

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Island to be site for U.S. training

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo taken in March 2010 shows the uninhabited Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Municipal leaders near the island opposed on May 25, 2011, a Japanese government decision to move aircraft landing practices there, a plan associated with the transfer of the aircraft from the U.S. Atsugi base in Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo to Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan by 2014. (Kyodo)

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Landing practice for U.S. carrier-based aircraft

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - A U.S. Navy FA-18 fighter conducts touch-and-go landing practice on Iwoto Island in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo, on May 16, 2012, which was open to the press. Japan's Defense Ministry is considering moving the drill for carrier-based aircraft on the island in the Pacific to Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Gov't agrees to buy island for U.S. military drills

Photo taken in October 2018 shows Mage Island in Nihsinoomote in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government announced on Dec. 2, 2019, it had agree to purchase the uninhabited island from the owner for U.S. military takeoff and landing training. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mage Island, possible site for U.S. military drills

Photo taken in October 2018 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government is in final talks to buy the inhabited island, eyeing it as a candidate site for U.S. military aircraft to practice carrier landings, government sources said Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mage Island, possible site for U.S. military drills

Photo taken in October 2018 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Mage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The Japanese government is in final talks to buy the inhabited island, eyeing it as a candidate site for U.S. military aircraft to practice carrier landings, government sources said Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo