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Goodwill ambassador for Okinawa Kuninaka

NAHA, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Japanese actor Ryoko Kuninaka, a native of Okinawa, gives an interview at a hotel in the southern Japan island prefecture on March 10, 2004. Kuninaka was named goodwill ambassador for Okinawa earlier in the month.(Kyodo)

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U.N. Special Rapporteur Orellana in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights Marcos Orellana hold a meeting in Naha, Okinawa, on Nov. 18, 2024. Orellana is visiting Japan's southern island prefecture to conduct an on-site inspection into the high levels of potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS that have been found in tap water, rivers and spring water around the U.S. military bases in Okinawa.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

A ceremony is held to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Silent prayers are offered during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru after it was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (front, C) and Hanako Jimi (front, R), minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, attended the ceremony.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Silent prayers are offered during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru that was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Red tiles are stacked on the roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, ahead of their installation on July 15, 2024. The castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site is being rebuilt after a fire destroyed it in 2019. Around 60,000 tiles will be used for the roof of the main hall to complete the installation by the end of this year.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A carpenter installs a red tile on the roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on July 15, 2024, after a 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site. Around 60,000 tiles will be used for the roof of the main hall to complete the installation by the end of this year.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Carpenters install red tiles on the roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on July 15, 2024, after a 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site. Around 60,000 tiles will be used for the roof of the main hall to complete the installation by the end of this year.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Carpenters install red tiles on the roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan on July 15, 2024, after a 2019 fire destroyed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site. Around 60,000 tiles will be used for the roof of the main hall to complete the installation by the end of this year.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Carpenters in traditional attire perform a ritual during a ceremony to mark the completion of the framework and roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Carpenters in traditional attire perform a ritual during a ceremony to mark the completion of the framework and roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

Carpenters in traditional attire perform a ritual during a ceremony to mark the completion of the framework and roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A roof of Shuri Castle's main hall, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, is on public display on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A roof of Shuri Castle's main hall, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, is on public display on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A roof of Shuri Castle's main hall, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, is on public display on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A carpenter in traditional attire performs a ritual during a ceremony to mark the completion of the framework and roof of the main hall of Shuri Castle, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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Reconstruction of Shuri Castle in Okinawa

A roof of Shuri Castle's main hall, which is being rebuilt in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, is on public display on May 25, 2024. A predawn fire on Oct. 30, 2019, engulfed the castle located on a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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N. Korea's attempt to launch military satellite

The Okinawa prefectural government's crisis management headquarters convenes a meeting in Naha, southern Japan, on May 28, 2024, following North Korea's attempt to launch a satellite-carrying rocket the previous day. The North's state media said the country launched a military reconnaissance satellite but failed to put it into orbit due to engine problems.

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N. Korea's attempt to launch military satellite

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (in screen) virtually takes part in a meeting of the prefectural government's crisis management headquarters in Naha, southern Japan, on May 28, 2024, following North Korea's attempt to launch a satellite-carrying rocket the previous day. The North's state media said the country launched a military reconnaissance satellite but failed to put it into orbit due to engine problems.

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a collapsed tunnel inside an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23. (Pool photo)

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on April 25, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows glass bottles found inside an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23. (Pool photo)

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The Okinawa prefectural government added the steel frames after the war to prevent the tunnel from collapsing. (Pool photo)

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23.

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on April 25, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23.

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Wartime underground army headquarters in Okinawa

Photo taken on May 12, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows the interior of an underground shelter used by the Imperial Japanese Army's 32nd Army as its headquarters during the Battle of Okinawa in southern Japan during World War II. The shelter was shown to the media the same day, ahead of the 79th anniversary of the end of a major ground battle on the island against U.S. troops on June 23. (Pool photo)

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Strong earthquake off Taiwan

People evacuate to higher ground in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2024, as a tsunami warning is issued following a strong earthquake that struck off the coast of Taiwan earlier in the day.

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U.S. military aircraft Osprey

Photo taken on March 20, 2023, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, shows a U.S. military Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki at press conference

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki talks to the press after attending a trial at the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in Naha, Okinawa, on Oct. 30, 2023. Japan's land minister filed the lawsuit against the governor as part of the central government's efforts to proceed with its modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki to attend trial for U.S. base landfill plan

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki walks to the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in Naha, Okinawa, on Oct. 30, 2023, facing a lawsuit filed against him by Japan's land minister as part of the government's efforts to proceed with its modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki to attend trial for U.S. base landfill plan

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki walks to the Fukuoka High Court's Naha branch in Naha, Okinawa, on Oct. 30, 2023, facing a lawsuit filed against him by Japan's land minister as part of the government's efforts to proceed with its modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Naha

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2023. Japan's land minister filed a lawsuit against the governor the same day, seeking to proceed with the central government's modified plan for landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki at press conference

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki talks to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2023. The governor rejected an order by the central government to endorse its modified plan to carry out landfill work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, saying it would be "difficult to approve" the plan by the Oct. 4 deadline.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki at press conference

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki talks to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Oct. 4, 2023. The governor rejected an order by the central government to endorse its modified plan to carry out landfill work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, saying it would be "difficult to approve" the plan by the Oct. 4 deadline.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki speaks to press

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to the press on Sept. 27, 2023, at the prefectural government building in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Tamaki on the same day declined the central government's proposal aimed at obtaining the local government's approval to push ahead with landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.

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Powerful typhoon approaches Japan's Okinawa

A tree lies uprooted on a street in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2023, as typhoon Khanun, the sixth of the season, batters the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Powerful typhoon approaches Japan's Okinawa

A motorbike lies on its side on a street in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2023, as typhoon Khanun, the sixth of the season, batters the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Powerful typhoon approaches Japan's Okinawa

A tree lies uprooted on a street in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2023, as typhoon Khanun, the sixth of the season, batters the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki gives an interview at the southern Japan island prefecture government office in Naha, Okinawa, on March 30, 2023.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki gives an interview at the southern Japan island prefecture government office in Naha, Okinawa, on March 30, 2023.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki gives an interview at the southern Japan island prefecture government office in Naha, Okinawa, on March 30, 2023.

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69th anniv. of end of Okinawa battle marked

NAHA, Japan - Family members of the victims aboard ships sunk by bombings and torpedo attacks during World War II pray at a memorial service in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2014, the 69th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa. Approximately 2,000 Okinawa Prefecture residents on 25 ships were commemorated.

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Report on U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - An employee of the Okinawa prefectural government checks the content of the environmental impact assessment report on the relocation of a U.S. Marine base within the prefecture at the government office in Naha on Jan. 5, 2012. Delivering the report to the prefectural government drew public attention late 2011 after protesters blocked the report's submission and the Defense Ministry managed to get it through by delivering it in the predawn hours of Dec. 28 when protesters were scarce.

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Protests in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken Dec. 27, 2011, shows cardboard boxes containing some 7,000 pages of a key environmental impact assessment report for relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, carried by a delivery company van after it arrives at the prefectural government office in Naha. The van turned back without delivering the document to the office after it was surrounded by people opposed to the relocation plan.

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ASDF troops leave on quake relief mission

NAHA, Japan - Some 40 members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force prepare to board a C-130 transport plane in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7 to head for the Utapao air base in Thailand. They will transport relief goods to locations in Indonesia, using Utapao as their base.

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China Airlines crew members tell of harrowing Naha escape

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Captain Yu Chien-kuo (R) and crew members of the China Airlines flight CI-120 speak to reporters at Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei on Aug. 21, recounting their harrowing escape after their Boeing 737-800 was engulfed by fire on the tarmac of the airport in Naha, Okinawa on the previous day.

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Taiwan plane bursts into flames in Naha, all reported safe

NAHA, Japan - The wreckage of a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 lies on the tarmac at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 20. The airplane burst into flames after landing at the airport, with all 157 passengers and eight crew members reported to be safe.

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Taiwan plane bursts into flames in Naha, all reported safe

NAHA, Japan - The wreckage of a China Airlines Boeing 737-800 lies on the tarmac at Naha airport in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 20. The airplane burst into flames after landing at the airport, with all 157 passengers and eight crew members all reported to be safe.

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One month after fire at Shuri Castle in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Tourists visit Shuri Castle in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Nov. 30, 2019, a month after a fire engulfed the castle at a World Heritage site.

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Shuri Castle photo album

NAHA, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Undated photo shows an album for Shuri Castle, which was published on Nov. 14, 2019, by the Okinawa Times, a major newspaper in the southernmost Japanese prefecture, about two weeks after a fire engulfed the castle at a World Heritage site. The 88-page all-color album has drawn massive orders with the proceeds financing the rebuilding of the castle.

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Shuri Castle photo album

NAHA, Japan, Nov. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken Nov. 29, 2019, shows an album for Shuri Castle, which was published on Nov. 14, 2019, by the Okinawa Times, a major newspaper in the southernmost Japanese prefecture, about two weeks after a fire engulfed the castle at a World Heritage site. The 88-page all-color album has drawn massive orders with the proceeds financing the rebuilding of the castle.