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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 17, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) landing on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 19, 2023, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7s (AAV7) on a beach on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 19, 2023, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7s on a beach on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 17, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 mobile combat vehicle on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Oct. 23, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 mobile combat vehicle, during a Japan-U.S. joint drill on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 16, 2023, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 10 battle tank on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Oct. 23, 2024, shows a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle driving through a residential area during a Japan-U.S. joint drill on Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken on Nov. 19, 2023, shows Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Assault Amphibious Vehicle 7s heading to Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima.

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Japanese SDF equipment

File photo taken Nov. 19, 2023, shows a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) heading to Tokunoshima Island in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kagoshima, during a drill.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, watch a large-scale joint drill of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps on the island shore on March 3, 2023.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members land by an amphibious vehicle on the shore of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, as part of large-scale joint drills with the U.S. Marine Corps on March 3, 2023. The annual exercise, dubbed "Iron Fist," is being held outside the U.S. state of California for the first time since its launch in 2006.

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GSDF-U.S. Marines drills in southwestern Japan

Photo taken on March 3, 2023 shows inside the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship America anchored off the coast of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The ship was open to the media during large-scale joint drills of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps.

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Tornado-like wind destroys house

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 19, 2011, shows a house destroyed the previous day by strong wind believed to be a tornado in the town of Tokunoshima in Kagoshima Prefecture. Three people died in the disaster.

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Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - Noriko Yoshihisa, a 70-year-old housewife in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture, splashes a bucket of seawater into naturally made hollows of coral reefs on a beach near her home on Tokunoshima Island on Sept. 11, 2011, to produce salt in a traditional way. After drying the seawater in the hollows in the sun for several days, she will boil it down in a big pot for five to seven hours to make salt with ''a gentle taste and lots of minerals,'' Yoshihisa said.

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Hirano seeks local understanding over Futemma relocation

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kagoshima on May 15, 2010, after talks with business people from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Hirano asked them to accept some functions and drills from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa ''within the limits of what local people will allow.''

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Hirano seeks local understanding over Futemma relocation

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano speaks to reporters at a hotel in Kagoshima on May 15, 2010, after talks with business people from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture. Hirano asked them to accept some functions and drills from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa ''within the limits of what local people will allow.''

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - (From 2nd L) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, protest against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that the island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa during a rally May 8, 2010, in Kagoshima. Some 5,000 people took part in the protest a day after the mayors rejected the idea in a meeting with Hatoyama in Tokyo.

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - (From L) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, protest against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that the island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa during a rally May 8, 2010, in Kagoshima. Some 5,000 people took part in the protest a day after the mayors rejected the idea in a meeting with Hatoyama in Tokyo.

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People stage a rally in Kagoshima on May 8, 2010, against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that Tokunoshima Island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa. Among some 5,000 participants were the mayors of the three towns on the island in Kagoshima Prefecture who spurned the proposal in a meeting with Hatoyama the previous day in Tokyo.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa, and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island give a press conference in Tokyo on May 7, 2010, after meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. The mayors rebuffed Hatoyama's request for the island to accommodate some functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island speak to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at his office in Tokyo on May 7, 2010. The mayors rebuffed Hatoyama's request for the island to accommodate some functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama bows in apology during a meeting at his office in Tokyo with three mayors from Tokunoshima Island on May 7, 2010. Hatoyama, who was rebuffed by the mayors after requesting that the island accommodate some functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture, apologized to the mayors for keeping them in the dark about the plan.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) receives signatures collected by opponents of a plan to relocate some of the functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 7, 2010. The signatures were handed over by Isen Mayor Akira Okubo (L), Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa (2nd L) and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during a meeting at his office in Tokyo with three mayors from Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on May 7, 2010. The mayors rebuffed Hotoyama's request for the island to accommodate some functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Hatoyama rebuffed by Tokunoshima mayors

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (R) receives signatures collected by opponents of a plan to relocate some of the functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture to Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 7, 2010. The signatures were handed over by Isen Mayor Akira Okubo (L), Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa (2nd L) and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka.

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Tokunoshima mayors leave for Tokyo

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Protestors rally to show support for the mayors of three towns in Tokunoshima Island who are departing for Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on May 6, 2010, at Tokunoshima airport in Kagoshima Prefecture. The mayors are planning to convey their opposition to the idea of relocating some of the U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa to the island.

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Tokunoshima mayors leave for Tokyo

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Protestors rally to show support for the mayors of three towns in Tokunoshima Island who are departing for Tokyo to meet with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on May 6, 2010, at Tokunoshima airport in Kagoshima Prefecture. The mayors are planning to convey their opposition to the idea of relocating some of the U.S. Marines stationed in Okinawa to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island.

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Tokunoshima Island airport in Kagoshima Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken March 12, 2010, shows an airport on Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. The island could be a candidate site to which the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in the nearby prefecture of Okinawa could be moved.

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All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel checking the wreckage of a Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter which crashed late March 30 near the peak of Mt. Amagi in Tokunoshima Island. All four crew members were killed. Tokunoshima is part of the Amami island chain off southern Kagoshima.

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All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel check the scene where a Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter crashed late March 30 near the peak of Mt. Amagi in Tokunoshima Island, part of the Amami island chain off southern Kagoshima. All four crew members were killed.

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Hermit crabs release offspring at Kagoshima beach

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Coenobita cavipes, a type of hermit crab, release offspring at Kanamisaki Beach on Kagoshima Prefecture's Tokunoshima Island, the largest habitat for the protected marine creature in Japan, on July 28. The release is expected to continue until the end of August.

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Crack found in landing gear of another JAS MD-81

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Officials check the MD-81 plane of Japan Air System (JAS) at Tokunoshima airport in Kagoshima Prefecture on Jan. 5. The left wing of the plane hit the runway when it landed at the airport on Jan. 1. JAS said Jan. 5 it has found a small crack in the landing gear of another of its MD-81 planes and that it will report the problem to manufacturer Boeing Co.

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(1)Kamato Hongo, world's oldest person, dies at 116

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The world's oldest person, Kamato Hongo (in an undated file photo) of the city of Kagoshima, died at the age of 116 in a Kagoshima hospital on Oct. 31, city officials said. Hongo, born in 1887 in the town of Isen on Tokunoshima Island, Kagaoshima Prefecture in southwestern Japan, was certified as the world's oldest person in March last year by the Guinness Book of Records.

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Takahashi to start training with Koide

HANEDA, Japan - Olympic marathon champion Naoko Takahashi (L) prepares to leave Tokyo's Haneda airport Feb. 3 with her longtime coach Yoshio Koide (R) for Tokunoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, to start training for the Olympic Games in Athens.

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Southwest Japan islands added to UNESCO World Heritage list

UNESCO decided Monday to add a chain of islands in southwestern Japan with dense subtropical forests to its natural World Heritage list, Japanese government officials said. The World Heritage Committee of the U.N. organization decided during an online session to list as Japan's fifth World Natural Heritage site the 43,000 hectare area, comprising Amami-Oshima Island and Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture as well as the northern part of the main Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island in Okinawa Prefecture.

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3,000 cats neutered to protect remote island's native rabbits

Photo taken March 14, 2016 on the Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture shows one of the neutered stray cats with the tip of its ear marked with a cut. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3,000 cats neutered to protect remote island's native rabbits

Photo taken March 15, 2016 on the Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture shows stray cats kept temporarily in a shelter after being neutered, and Hikaru Akiyama, who is in charge of the shelter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hermit crabs release offspring at Kagoshima beach

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Coenobita cavipes, a type of hermit crab, release offspring at Kanamisaki Beach on Kagoshima Prefecture's Tokunoshima Island, the largest habitat for the protected marine creature in Japan, on July 28. The release is expected to continue until the end of August. (Kyodo)

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All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel checking the wreckage of a Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter which crashed late March 30 near the peak of Mt. Amagi in Tokunoshima Island. All four crew members were killed. Tokunoshima is part of the Amami island chain off southern Kagoshima. (Kyodo)

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All 4 crew members killed in GSDF chopper crash in Tokunoshima

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - Self-Defense Forces personnel check the scene where a Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47 helicopter crashed late March 30 near the peak of Mt. Amagi in Tokunoshima Island, part of the Amami island chain off southern Kagoshima. All four crew members were killed. (Kyodo)

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People stage a rally on Tokunoshima Island on May 8, 2010, against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that the island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa. Among some 5,000 participants were the mayors of the three towns on the island in Kagoshima Prefecture who spurned the proposal in a meeting with Hatoyama the previous day in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokunoshima residents rally against Futemma base relocation

TOKUNOSHIMA, Japan - About 15,000 residents of Tokunoshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture rally on April 18, 2010, to protest against a proposal by the central government to relocate a U.S. Marine base in Okinawa Prefecture to the island. (Kyodo)

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - (From L) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, protest against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that the island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa during a rally May 8, 2010, in Kagoshima. Some 5,000 people took part in the protest a day after the mayors rejected the idea in a meeting with Hatoyama in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - (From 2nd L) Isen Mayor Akira Okubo, Amagi Mayor Kosuke Ohisa and Tokunoshima Mayor Hideki Takaoka from Tokunoshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, protest against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that the island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa during a rally May 8, 2010, in Kagoshima. Some 5,000 people took part in the protest a day after the mayors rejected the idea in a meeting with Hatoyama in Tokyo. (Kyodo)

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Traditional salt making on Tokunoshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - Noriko Yoshihisa, a 70-year-old housewife in Isen, Kagoshima Prefecture, splashes a bucket of seawater into naturally made hollows of coral reefs on a beach near her home on Tokunoshima Island on Sept. 11, 2011, to produce salt in a traditional way. After drying the seawater in the hollows in the sun for several days, she will boil it down in a big pot for five to seven hours to make salt with ''a gentle taste and lots of minerals,'' Yoshihisa said. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Tokunoshima islanders step up U.S. base opposition

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - People stage a rally in Kagoshima on May 8, 2010, against Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's proposal that Tokunoshima Island host some functions of a U.S. Marine base in nearby Okinawa. Among some 5,000 participants were the mayors of the three towns on the island in Kagoshima Prefecture who spurned the proposal in a meeting with Hatoyama the previous day in Tokyo. (Kyodo)