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Japan: Typhoon Gaemi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Sakishima Islands 3

Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Sakishima Islands in Okinawa on Wednesday, July 24 as it headed north-northwest toward Taiwan.

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Japan: Typhoon Gaemi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Sakishima Islands

Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Sakishima Islands in Okinawa on Wednesday, July 24 as it headed north-northwest toward Taiwan.

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Japan: Typhoon Gaemi Brings Strong Winds, Heavy Rain To Sakishima Islands 2

Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Sakishima Islands in Okinawa on Wednesday, July 24 as it headed north-northwest toward Taiwan.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 6

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning high waves of up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). Naha Airport was temporarily closed. Passengers were forced to evacuate to the third floor of the building, and many flights were canceled or delayed.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 5

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 2

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 3

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). This video shows a tsunami warning being announced in Japanese and English near the U.S. military base in Chatan, Okinawa.

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft).

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 16, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 17, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (front, L) coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 17, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Baseball: Ichiro coaches high school players

Former Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki coaches Miyako High School baseball team players during a two-day baseball clinic on Dec. 16, 2023, in Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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ASDF PAC3 missile

A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missile is pictured on June 2, 2023 at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Miyakojima base in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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ASDF PAC3 missile

A Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missile is pictured on June 2, 2023 at the Japan Air Self-Defense Force Miyakojima base on Miyako Island in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Typhoon Mawar hits Okinawa

Photo shows a net covering the entrance of a restaurant in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 1, 2023, amid the approach of Typhoon Mawar.

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Typhoon Mawar hits Okinawa

A convenience store in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, puts up a sign saying it will be temporarily closed due to the approaching Typhoon Mawar, on June 1, 2023.

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Typhoon Mawar hits Okinawa

Photo taken June 1, 2023, shows a fallen roadside tree in strong winds brought by Typhoon Mawar in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Okinawa prepares for typhoon

Ships are secured at the shore due to the approach of a typhoon in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 31, 2023.

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Okinawa prepares for typhoon

Ships are secured at the shore due to the approach of a typhoon in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 31, 2023.

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JASDF sub base on Miyako Island

Photo taken May 31, 2023, shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima Sub Base on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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JASDF sub base on Miyako Island

Photo taken May 31, 2023, shows the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima Sub Base on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Photo taken on May 31, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Miyakojima, southern Japan, shows a Japan Air Self-Defense Force garrison following a suspected ballistic missile launch by North Korea earlier in the day. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles are deployed at the garrison.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Photo taken on May 31, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Miyakojima, southern Japan, shows a Japan Air Self-Defense Force garrison following a suspected ballistic missile launch by North Korea earlier in the day. Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missiles are deployed at the garrison.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Photo taken in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on the morning of May 31, 2023, shows a smartphone screen showing a J-Alert warning message regarding a suspected ballistic missile fired by North Korea earlier in the day.

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Helicopter lifted from seabed, GSDF hurry to clarify cause of accident

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan Kyodo - The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Recovery of bodies from missing Japan SDF chopper

Personnel from Japan's Self-Defense Forces on April 16, 2023, in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, are seen transporting items found in the search for an SDF UH-60JA helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture. Five bodies and part of the chopper were located earlier in the day.

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CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

Photo taken on April 8, 2023, at Shimojishima airport on Japan's Shimoji Island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, shows two U.S. military F-16 fighter jets that made emergency landings earlier in the day. One of the planes developed an engine problem over waters about 60 kilometers south of Okinawa's Miyako Island, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.

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CORRECTED: 2 U.S. F-16 fighters make emergency landing on Okinawa island

Photo taken on April 8, 2023, at Shimojishima airport on Japan's Shimojishima Island in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, shows one of two U.S. military F-16 fighter jets that made emergency landings earlier in the day. One of the planes developed an engine problem over waters about 60 kilometers south of Okinawa's Miyako Island, according to Japan's Defense Ministry.

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Japanese solar car sets new world speed record

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Driver Kenjiro Shinozuka, who became the first Japanese to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, celebrates with his supporters on a runway at Shimojijima Airport in the city of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2014, after setting a new world speed record for a solar car. His car achieved an average speed of 91.3 kilometers per hour, breaking the previous record of 88.8 kilometers per hour.

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Japanese solar car sets new world speed record

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Driver Kenjiro Shinozuka, who became the first Japanese to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, celebrates with his supporters on a runway at Shimojijima Airport in the city of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2014, after setting a new world speed record for a solar car. His car achieved an average speed of 91.3 kilometers per hour, breaking the previous record of 88.8 kilometers per hour.

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Japanese solar car sets new world speed record

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A solar car driven by Kenjiro Shinozuka, who became the first Japanese to win the Dakar Rally in 1997, travels on a runway at Shimojijima Airport in the city of Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 20, 2014. It achieved an average speed of 91.3 kilometers per hour, setting a new world speed record for a solar car.

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Powerful typhoon approaching Okinawa, emergency warning issued

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - People erect safety nets around a shop in Miyakojima, Japan's southwestern prefecture of Okinawa, on July 7, 2014, as a powerful typhoon approaches. Typhoon Neoguri, the season's eighth, is moving northwest over waters south of Okinawa.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows four China Coast Guard vessels including the Haijing 2350 (front) in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2506 (back) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Katori in the so-called contiguous zone northeast of Kuba, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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1 year after Japan purchased Senkaku islets

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (front), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2350 (front) and three Japan Coast Guard patrol ships in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri, one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the China Coast Guard's Haijing 2112 (front) and the Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hateruma in the so-called contiguous zone southwest of Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the area just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Chinese vessels near Senkakus

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Uotsuri (back), one of the five main islands in the Japanese-controlled Senkaku group, in the East China Sea on Sept. 11, 2013, a year after the Japanese government purchased some of the islets, which are claimed by China and Taiwan. The Japan Coast Guard patrol ship Hayato is seen in the front. Four Chinese patrol vessels sailed in the so-called contiguous zone just outside Japanese territorial waters.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Japan braces for N. Korean launch

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 10, 2012, shows a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea. Pyongyang has suggested it may postpone its planned launch of a rocket carrying a satellite, which it said earlier would take place sometime between Dec. 10 and Dec. 22, due to "some reasons," according to a report issued early on Dec. 9 by the official Korean Central News Agency.

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Self-Defense Force personnel in Miyakojima

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Liaison personnel from the Self-Defense Forces leave the Miyakojima city hall in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture on April 13, 2012, after North Korea's failed rocket launch earlier in the day.

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Pyrotechnic signal over Miyakojima

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A pyrotechnic signal is launched over an Air Self-Defense Force base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture at 7:44 a.m., shortly after North Korea fired a rocket at 7:38 a.m.

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PAC-3 interceptor in Okinawa

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A Self-Defense Force member moves near a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture at 7:42 a.m. on April 13, 2012, shortly after North Korea fired a rocket at 7:38 a.m. To brace for the possibility of rocket debris falling on Japanese territory, the Defense Ministry had deployed ground-based interceptors in Okinawa and in Tokyo. It also dispatched three Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors to nearby waters.

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Japan prepares for N. Korean rocket

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is on standby on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, in the morning of April 7, 2012, as part of Japan's preparations for North Korea's planned rocket launch. North Korea says it will launch a rocket carrying a satellite into space in five days from that day.

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PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken on April 11, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Miyakojima base in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for a planned rocket launch by North Korea.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2012. Japan is deploying the PAC-3 interceptors mainly in Okinawa Prefecture and Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying the sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea to act as a missile shield against a rocket North Korea is planning to launch later in April or its debris.

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Japan prepares for N. Korea rocket

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's transport ship Osumi at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2012. Japan is deploying the PAC-3 interceptors mainly in Okinawa Prefecture and Aegis-equipped destroyers carrying the sea-based Standard Missile-3 interceptors in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea to act as a missile shield against a rocket North Korea is planning to launch later in April or its debris.

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Osaka Mayor Hiramatsu

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Osaka Mayor Kunio Hiramatsu in Osaka's Miyakojima Ward on Oct. 22, 2011. Hiramatsu has expressed his intention to run for reelection.

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Senkaku Islands

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 7, 2010, shows islets of the Senkaku Islands in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture in the East China Sea, a disputed area between Japan and China over sovereignty. The largest island, Uotsuri Island, is in the back.

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U.S. naval ship visits Okinawan civilian port

MIYAKOJIMA, Japan - Lt. Cmdr. Andria Slough, captain of the minesweeper Defender of the U.S. Navy, speaks at Hirara port on Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 21, 2010, after arriving in the southern Japan region. Slough said the visit, made despite local opposition to the use of a civilian harbor by a U.S. warship, was aimed at deepening the two countries' friendship.