Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken on Sept. 17, 2025, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' missile systems -- the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS (L and C), and the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, or NMESIS -- at the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, deployed for the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon Japan-U.S. joint exercise.

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Japan-U.S. joint drill on Ishigaki Island

Photo taken from a drone shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's Camp Ishigaki on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 17, 2025, during the Sept. 11-25 Resolute Dragon joint exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps.

Kotooshu to fight as sekiwake at Autumn sumo

Kotooshu to fight as sekiwake at Autumn sumo

MATSUDO, Japan - Bulgarian bruiser Kotooshu (R) officially earned promotion to sekiwake, sumo's third rank, when the Japan Sumo Association on Aug. 29 issued the rankings for the Sept. 11-25 tournament in Tokyo. At left is his stablemaster Sadogatake.

Kotooshu to fight as sekiwake at Autumn sumo

Kotooshu to fight as sekiwake at Autumn sumo

MATSUDO, Japan - Bulgarian bruiser Kotooshu (R) officially earned promotion to sekiwake, sumo's third rank, when the Japan Sumo Association on Aug. 29 issued the rankings for the Sept. 11-25 tournament in Tokyo. At left is his stablemaster Sadogatake. (Kyodo)

Japan handed 1st loss by U.S. at Men's World Cup volleyball

Japan handed 1st loss by U.S. at Men's World Cup volleyball

Japan's Masahiro Yanagida (15) spikes the ball during the third set of a Men's World Cup volleyball match against the United States on Sept. 9, 2015, in Hiroshima. The United States won 25-23, 21-25, 25-11, 25-14. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo