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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor of Okinawa Prefecture's Nago, where land reclamation work is under way for the relocation of a U.S. military base, meets the press following a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi in the southern Japan prefecture's capital Naha on Jan. 7, 2026.

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Japan defense minister in Okinawa

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks during a meeting in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7, 2026, with Taketoyo Toguchi, mayor of Nago, where land reclamation work is under way for the relocation of a U.S. military base.

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Mega solar power plant in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows ''Mega Solar Taketoyo,'' a 7,500-kilowatt solar power plant of Chubu Electric Power Co. in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, as the facility began commercial operation on Oct. 31, 2011.

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Site of gunpowder factory explosion

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a gunpowder factory explosion that occurred late on the evening of Aug. 1 in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. No trace is seen of the factory owned by Tokyo-based NOF Corp. which stood just above the other gutted factories. The blast left 56 people injured.

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Police probe gunpowder factory explosion

TOKONAME, Japan - Police officers check a civic hall in the city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, which was damaged by a massive explosion at a gunpowder factory of NOF Corp. in the neighboring town of Taketoyo on Aug. 1. The blast injured 56 people.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Taketoyo Toguchi speaks to reporters in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 24, 2022, a day after he won a second term as Nago mayor. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Yohei Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area in Okinawa.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Nago mayor Taketoyo Toguchi in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 24, 2022, reads a newspaper which reported his victory in the city's mayoral election on its front page. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Yohei Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Yohei Kishimoto speaks to reporters after losing to incumbent Taketoyo Toguchi in the Nago mayoral election in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 23, 2022. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Nago mayor Taketoyo Toguchi (R) receives a flower bouquet in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 23, 2022, after he won a second term as the city's mayor. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Yohei Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Nago mayor Taketoyo Toguchi speaks to reporters in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 23, 2022, after he won a second term as the city's mayor. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Yohei Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area.

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Nago mayor re-elected in Okinawa

Nago mayor Taketoyo Toguchi celebrates by throwing his arms in the air in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 23, 2022, after he won a second term as the city's mayor. Toguchi, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its coalition partner Komeito, defeated Yohei Kishimoto, a candidate who ran against the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base to the city's coastal area.

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Police probe gunpowder factory explosion

TOKONAME, Japan - Police officers check a civic hall in the city of Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, which was damaged by a massive explosion at a gunpowder factory of NOF Corp. in the neighboring town of Taketoyo on Aug. 1. The blast injured 56 people.

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Site of gunpowder factory explosion

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the site of a gunpowder factory explosion that occurred late on the evening of Aug. 1 in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture. No trace is seen of the factory owned by Tokyo-based NOF Corp. which stood just above the other gutted factories. The blast left 56 people injured.

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Mega solar power plant in Aichi

NAGOYA, Japan - A photo from a Kyodo News helicopter shows ''Mega Solar Taketoyo,'' a 7,500-kilowatt solar power plant of Chubu Electric Power Co. in the town of Taketoyo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, as the facility began commercial operation on Oct. 31, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa election

Taketoyo Toguchi (C) and his supporters celebrate the victory for the newcomer in the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, on Feb. 4, 2018. Toguchi beat anti-U.S. military base incumbent Susumu Inamine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Campaigning starts for Japan's Nago mayoral race

Former pro-base Nago assembly member Taketoyo Toguchi delivers a speech in Nago in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 28, 2018, as official campaigning started for the city's mayoral election in which the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city is a major focus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo