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Powerful typhoon hits southern Japan

Strong winds batter roadside trees in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 5, 2023, as Typhoon Khanun, the sixth of the year, approaches the southern Japan prefecture again after hitting the region earlier in the week.

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Japan PM Kishida speaks over missing SDF chopper

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 14, 2023, over a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture of Okinawa last week.

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Japan PM Kishida speaks over missing SDF chopper

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 14, 2023, over a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the southern prefecture of Okinawa last week.

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Documents of a key environmental impact assessment report are placed in a room at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Cardboard boxes containing a key environmental impact assessment report are moved at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.

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Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

NAGO, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - People gather in Nago, Japan, on Dec. 15, 2017, to protest against U.S. military aircraft. Earlier in the week, a metal-framed window fell from a U.S. military transport helicopter onto the playground of an elementary school in the city in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Opponents of additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft stage a sit-in in front of a gate at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft head for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013 as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft after landing at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft head for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013 as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft landing at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Opponents of additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft are removed as they staged a sit-in around the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, after flying from the Iwakuni base on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, after flying from the Iwakuni base on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the additional deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft move to a runway at the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Demonstrators obstruct the path of a vehicle carrying U.S. military personnel in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, to protest additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

GINOWAN, Japan - Demonstrators obstruct the path of a vehicle carrying U.S. military personnel in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 12, 2013, to protest additional deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft. The U.S. military the same day resumed transport of Ospreys to the airbase from the Iwakuni base after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - Photo shows MV-22 Osprey aircraft after taking off from the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013, as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Osprey transport to Okinawa

IWAKUNI, Japan - MV-22 Osprey aircraft take off from the U.S. Marine Corps' Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 12, 2013, as the U.S. military resumed transport of Ospreys to Okinawa after a fatal helicopter crash a week ago forced it to postpone the deployment of the tilt-rotor aircraft amid safety concerns about military operations.

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Ship carrying missile interceptors returns to Kure

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The transport ship Osumi returns on Dec. 18, 2012, to the Maritime Self-Defense Force base in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, from Okinawa Prefecture, carrying back missile interceptors deployed there to prepare for North Korea's rocket launch the previous week.

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week.

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor (in the back) deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week.

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Vehicles carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor arrive at reclaimed land on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012, for its deployment. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime following week.

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at Ishigaki port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime in the following week.

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A vehicle carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor heads for its deployment site on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime following week.

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Kyushu & Okinawa Week at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese students in Oita Prefecture and traditional dancers from the prefecture stage performances at Shanghai Expo in Shanghai on Sept. 29, 2010, as Kyushu and Okinawa Week started at the Japan Pavilion.

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Japan, U.S. to hold joint fighter drills in Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, where Japan and the United States will hold part of a joint air force exercise next week. The drills had been held at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and the change of venue is part of a bilateral agreement to reduce the burden on Okinawa of hosting U.S. forces, Japanese officials say. (File photo, taken in January 2006)

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U.S. envoy conveys decision to hand over rape suspect to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (R) bows to Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka as he visits the Foreign Ministry on July 6 to convey Washington's decision to hand over to Japan a U.S. airman suspected of raping a local woman in Okinawa Prefecture a week ago.

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Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

CHATAN, Japan - Okinawans march in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base July 3 to protest last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by a U.S. airman. Police obtained an arrest warrant the previous day for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is posted at the base in central Okinawa.

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Mori takes advice from IT experts

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (far left) presides over a roundtable meeting of information technology (IT) experts at his official residence in Tokyo on July 19. He pledged to take up recommendations of the conference at this week's Group of Eight (G-8) summit in Okinawa. John Chambers, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems Inc., and Nobuyuki Idei, chairman of Sony Corp., were among experts who attended the roundtable meeting.

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Japan decides to add Osaka, areas near Tokyo to COVID emergency

Japan decided Friday to expand its COVID-19 state of emergency to Osaka and three prefectures near Tokyo as a recent spike in coronavirus cases to record levels has raised fears that the country's medical system could collapse amid the Tokyo Olympics. Facing the urgent need to take stronger anti-virus measures, the government of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will add Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama and Osaka prefectures to areas under the emergency, which already covers Tokyo and Okinawa, from next Monday through Aug. 31. The COVID-19 emergency initially declared for Tokyo and Okinawa through Aug. 22 will also be extended until the end of the month. The new period overlaps with the Olympics, which started last week and will run through Aug. 8, and also partly covers the Paralympics period starting Aug. 24.

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Japan, U.S. to hold joint fighter drills in Fukuoka

TOKYO, Japan - The Air Self-Defense Force base in Tsuiki, Fukuoka Prefecture, where Japan and the United States will hold part of a joint air force exercise next week. The drills had been held at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa and the change of venue is part of a bilateral agreement to reduce the burden on Okinawa of hosting U.S. forces, Japanese officials say. (File photo, taken in January 2006) (Kyodo)

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People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

People pray for the soul of a slain local woman on May 26, 2016, near the site where her body was found one week ago in the Okinawa village of Onna. A former U.S. Marine was arrested for dumping her body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa prefectural assembly lodges protest over woman's death

Okinawa prefectural assembly members hold a moment of silence on May 26, 2016, for the death of a local woman, whose body was found one week ago. A former U.S. Marine was arrested for dumping her body, and the assembly adopted a resolution by majority vote to lodge a protest over the incident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces carry relief supplies from the U.S. Marines' Osprey aircraft on April 18, 2016, after two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, belonging to the Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, arrive in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas by massive earthquakes the previous week. It is the first time the Ospreys have been used in a disaster relief mission in Japan where many remain concerned about the aircraft's safety record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces carry relief supplies from the U.S. Marines' Osprey aircraft on April 18, 2016, after two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, belonging to the Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, arrive in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas by massive earthquakes the previous week. It is the first time the Ospreys have been used in a disaster relief mission in Japan where many remain concerned about the aircraft's safety record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

Members of Japan's Self-Defense Forces carry relief supplies from the U.S. Marines' Osprey aircraft after two MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, belonging to the Marines' Futenma air base in Okinawa, arrive in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, one of the hardest-hit areas by massive earthquakes the previous week. It is the first time the Ospreys have been used in a disaster relief mission in Japan where many remain concerned about the aircraft's safety record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.8 quake hits remote islands of Okinawa

Koji Nakamura, a senior Japan Meteorological Agency official, attends a press conference on April 20, 2015, in Tokyo after an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.8 hit remote islands of Japan's southern Okinawa Prefecture. He warned that aftershocks may continue for the next week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

People pray for the soul of a slain local woman on May 26, 2016, near the site where her body was found one week ago in the Okinawa village of Onna. A former U.S. Marine was arrested for dumping her body. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyushu & Okinawa Week at Shanghai Expo

SHANGHAI, China - Chinese students in Oita Prefecture and traditional dancers from the prefecture stage performances at Shanghai Expo in Shanghai on Sept. 29, 2010, as Kyushu and Okinawa Week started at the Japan Pavilion. (Kyodo)

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week. (Kyodo)

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Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 5, 2012, shows a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor (in the back) deployed in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture. Japan completed the same day the deployment of its PAC-3 interceptors in Okinawa to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime next week. (Kyodo)

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor is unloaded from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force transport ship Kunisaki at Ishigaki port on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime in the following week. (Kyodo)

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Vehicles carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor arrive at reclaimed land on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012, for its deployment. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime following week. (Kyodo)

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PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

ISHIGAKI, Japan - A vehicle carrying a ground-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor heads for its deployment site on Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 5, 2012. Japan completed the deployment of the ground-based interceptors in the prefecture the same day to prepare for North Korea's planned rocket launch sometime following week. (Kyodo)

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Documents of a key environmental impact assessment report are placed in a room at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

NAHA, Japan - Cardboard boxes containing a key environmental impact assessment report are moved at the Okinawa prefectural offices in Naha on Jan. 4, 2012. Prefectural officials began clerical procedures the same day to inspect the report delivered by the Defense Ministry the previous week on the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Minister for Okinawa hospitalized again

Undated file photo shows Tetsuma Esaki, Japan's minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs. Esaki was admitted to a hospital again on Feb. 26, 2018, after being treated the previous week for symptoms of a minor stroke. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada speaks to reporters at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2016, the day the U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Osprey planes, less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off Okinawa. Inada said the resumption of flights other than those that involve aerial refueling was "understandable." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 19, 2016. The U.S. military in Japan resumed flying its Ospreys, sparking sharp local reaction over a move that came less than a week after one of the MV-22 tilt-rotor transport aircraft made a crash-landing off the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Powerful typhoon hits southern Japan

Japan PM Kishida speaks over missing SDF chopper

Japan PM Kishida speaks over missing SDF chopper

Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

Protest against U.S. military aircraft in Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Osprey transport to Okinawa

Ship carrying missile interceptors returns to Kure

Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

Kyushu &amp; Okinawa Week at Shanghai Expo

Japan, U.S. to hold joint fighter drills in Fukuoka

U.S. envoy conveys decision to hand over rape suspect to Japan

Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

Mori takes advice from IT experts

Japan decides to add Osaka, areas near Tokyo to COVID emergency

Japan, U.S. to hold joint fighter drills in Fukuoka

People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

Okinawa prefectural assembly lodges protest over woman's death

U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

U.S. military delivers supplies to quake-hit area using controversial aircraft

M6.8 quake hits remote islands of Okinawa

People pray for soul of slain Okinawan woman

Kyushu & Okinawa Week at Shanghai Expo

Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

Rocket interceptor deployed in Okinawa

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

PAC-3 deployment completed to intercept N. Korean rocket

Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

Futenma report at Okinawa Pref. offices

Minister for Okinawa hospitalized again

U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

U.S. military resumes Osprey flights after accident off Okinawa

Kyushu & Okinawa Week at Shanghai Expo