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Japan: Strong Earthquake Hits Kumamoto

A strong earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at around 6:01 p.m. on Tuesday, November 25, registering a maximum intensity of 5+ on the Japanese seismic scale. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the epicenter was in the Aso region of Kumamoto Prefecture, at a depth of approximately 10 km. The quake is estimated to have had a magnitude of 5.7. A video shows a ceiling light shaking in neighboring Saga Prefecture.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

A giant float takes part in the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as an UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

People watch giant floats during the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Giant float festival in southwestern Japan

People watch giant floats during the Karatsu Kunchi festival, designated as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage asset, in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 3, 2025.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

SAGA, Japan, Sept. 7 Kyodo - Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host the GSDF's fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows V-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows V-22 Osprey transport aircraft deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Sept. 7, 2025, shows V-22 Osprey transport aircraft (front) deployed at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu. A ceremony marking the opening in July of the base, built to host the GSDF's fleet of V-22 Osprey aircraft, was held the same day, with the 17 aircraft already transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (3rd from L) inspects the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (front) is pictured at the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga after boarding a V-22 Osprey transport aircraft on Sept. 7, 2025, as a ceremony was held the same day marking the opening in July of the camp, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel line up on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu to host the GSDF's fleet of Osprey transport aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Ceremony held in Saga to mark opening of Osprey base

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani speaks on Sept. 7, 2025, during a ceremony marking the opening in July of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Saga, built in the city of Saga on the southwestern Japan main island of Kyushu for its fleet of Osprey aircraft. The 17 V-22 Osprey aircraft have already been transferred from Camp Kisarazu in Chiba Prefecture near Tokyo.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Medical transport helicopter crash in Japan

Photo taken April 10, 2025, at a port in Karatsu in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows a salvaged medical transport helicopter that crashed off neighboring Nagasaki Prefecture on April 6, killing three of the six people aboard.

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Princess Kako at welfare facility for disabled

Japanese Princess Kako looks at artwork produced by disabled people at a facility in Kiyama in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga on Oct. 26, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Kako in Saga

Japan's Princess Kako visits the Kyushu Ceramic Museum in the town of Arita in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Kako in Saga

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sport climbing event at the National Sports Festival in the southwestern Japan city of Taku in Saga Prefecture on Oct. 14, 2024.

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko waves from a car to well-wishers in the southwestern Japan city of Saga on Oct. 11, 2024, during her two-day trip to Saga Prefecture to visit the National Sports Festival, among other destinations. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Saga airport in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Saga on Oct. 11, 2024, for a two-day trip to visit the National Sports Festival, among other destinations.

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko (C) arrives at Saga airport in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Saga on Oct. 11, 2024, for a two-day trip to visit the National Sports Festival, among other destinations.

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Emperor in Saga Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with elementary school students during a visit to a local facility in Kashima in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Saga on Oct. 6, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan: Fireball Lights Up Skies Over Kyushu Region 2

A fireball was spotted across Kyushu, southern Japan Sunday evening, August 11.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.(Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Saga, Japan, May 10 Kyodo -Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows reactors No. 1 (back) and No. 2 of Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai nuclear power plant

File photo taken on April 24, 2024, shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant (far back) in the town of Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Genkai mayor approves nuclear waste site survey

Shintaro Wakiyama, mayor of Genkai in Saga Prefecture, speaks at a press conference at the municipal office in the southwestern Japan town on May 10, 2024, following his approval for a preliminary survey to gauge the town's suitability for the construction of an underground disposal site for highly radioactive waste.

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Exterior view of Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai Nuclear Power Station

Exterior view of Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai Nuclear Power Station. ＝Saga Prefecture, April 27, 2024.

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Exterior view of Kyushu Electric Power's Genkai Nuclear Power Station

Exterior view of the Genkai Nuclear Power Plant of Kyushu Electric Power Co. ＝Saga Prefecture, April 27, 2024.