Japan LDP leadership election

Japan LDP leadership election

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press in Uruma in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 4, 2025, following former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi's victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election.

JEITA New President's press conference.

JEITA New President's press conference.

JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) new chairman's press conference. Photo shows Chairman Kei Uruma.=June 11,2025,Tokyo

JEITA New President's press conference.

JEITA New President's press conference.

JEITA (Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association) new chairman's press conference. Photo shows Chairman Kei Uruma.=June 11,2025,Tokyo

French vessels visit U.S. base in Okinawa

URUMA, Japan, Feb. 13 Kyodo - A French Navy frigate and a replenishment vessel make a port call at the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 13, 2025. (Kyodo)

[Breaking News]French vessels visit U.S. base in Okinawa

URUMA, Japan, Feb. 13 Kyodo - A French Navy frigate (R) and a replenishment vessel make a port call at the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 13, 2025. (Kyodo)

French vessels visit U.S. base in Okinawa

French vessels visit U.S. base in Okinawa

A French Navy frigate (R) and a replenishment vessel make a port call at the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 13, 2025.

French frigate visits U.S. base in Okinawa

French frigate visits U.S. base in Okinawa

A French Navy frigate makes a port call at the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 13, 2025.

French frigate visits U.S. base in Okinawa

French frigate visits U.S. base in Okinawa

A French Navy frigate prepares to dock at the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Feb. 13, 2025.

Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Navy personnel conduct a joint emergency drill at the U.S. White Beach Naval Facility in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Uruma, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2025, under the scenario of a Navy helicopter crashing outside the U.S. base, injuring many local residents.

Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japan-U.S. joint anti-disaster drill in Okinawa

Japanese firefighters and U.S. Navy personnel conduct a joint emergency drill at the U.S. White Beach Naval Facility in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Uruma, southern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2025, under the scenario of a Navy helicopter crashing outside the U.S. base, injuring many local residents.

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

GSDF's new ground-to-ship missile unit in Okinawa

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force holds a ceremony marking the launch of a new ground-to-ship missile unit in the GSDF's Camp Katsuren in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 30, 2024.

GSDF vehicles in Okinawa

GSDF vehicles in Okinawa

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicles head to the Katsuren sub-camp in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on March 10, 2024.

GSDF vehicles in Okinawa

GSDF vehicles in Okinawa

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force vehicles head to the Katsuren sub-camp in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on March 10, 2024.

Japan, German police discuss security for G-8 summit in Hokkaido

Japan, German police discuss security for G-8 summit in Hokkaido

TOKYO, Japan - Jorg Ziercke (L), president of Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office, shakes hands with Japan's National Police Agency head Iwao Uruma (R) at the agency in Tokyo on Aug. 13. Ziercke paid a courtesy call on Uruma after senior officials of the German police office and their Japanese counterparts discussed security measures for the Group of Eight summit to be held in July next year at the Lake Toya hot-spa resort area in Hokkaido.

Urban Animal Album

Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - An Okinawa Rail, a critically endangered, flightless bird found only in northern Okinawa, is suspended inside its cage to maintain upright posture, a measure to help in its rehabilitation after its spinal cord was damaged, at a facility run by a nonprofit group protecting wild animals in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 27, 2013. The bird, believed to have been hit by a car and found immobile on a road in the summer of 2011, has since been recovering and now undergoes walking training at the facility.

Lt. Gen. Glueck

Lt. Gen. Glueck

NAHA, Japan - An Aug. 21, 2012, file photo shows Lt. Gen. Kenneth Glueck, commanding general of the Third Marine Expeditionary Force, at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Courtney in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

Okinawa aims to draw advanced IT businesses

Okinawa aims to draw advanced IT businesses

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo shows Okinawa IT Shinryo Park in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 19, 2012. The Okinawa prefectural government opened the IT complex in 2009 on more than 10 hectares, a major project aimed at creating 8,000 new jobs and building an information technology hub in Asia.

U.S. Marines in Okinawa

U.S. Marines in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps arrive at the White Beach U.S. Naval facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in April 2011, after taking part in Operation Tomodachi to support people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan. On Feb. 6, 2012, Japan and the United States confirmed a policy to move about 4,700 U.S. Marines in Okinawa to Guam, delinking the troops' transfer from a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the prefecture, Japanese officials said.

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

URUMA, Japan - Japan's Air Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military conduct a joint lifesaving drill on Dec. 5, 2011, in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan. The drills were conducted on the assumption that an earthquake has occurred off the eastern coast of the Okinawa main island, triggering a tsunami which had swept people out to sea.

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

URUMA, Japan - Japan's Air Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military conduct a joint lifesaving drill on Dec. 5, 2011, in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan. The drills were conducted on the assumption that an earthquake has occurred off the eastern coast of the Okinawa main island, triggering a tsunami which had swept people out to sea.

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

Japan-U.S. tsunami rescue drills

URUMA, Japan - Japan's Air Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military conduct a joint lifesaving drill on Dec. 5, 2011, in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan. The drills were conducted on the assumption that an earthquake has occurred off the eastern coast of the Okinawa main island, triggering a tsunami which had swept people out to sea.

Camp Courtney in Uruma, Okinawa Pref.

Camp Courtney in Uruma, Okinawa Pref.

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on Feb. 18, 2008, shows Camp Courtney, a U.S. Marine base, located in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

Young sumo power

Young sumo power

NAHA, Japan - Takeshi Amitani, captain of the Tottori Jyouhoku High School sumo club, is tossed in the air by teammates celebrating their victory in a national meet in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 4, 2010.

DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

DPJ's partners lodge opposition to Futemma reclamation option

URUMA, Japan - Muneo Suzuki (2nd form L), chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, takes a look at waters off the Katsuren Peninsula in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, the prospective candidate site for a planned relocation of the U.S. Marines' Futemma Air Station, with other members of the committee on March 31, 2010.

DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Shimoji (L), People's New Party Diet affairs chief, Kantoku Teruya (C), head of the Social Democratic Party's Diet affairs, and Tomoko Abe(R), the policy chief of the SDP, comes out of a meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano on March 31, 2010, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. The three representing the junior partners of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

DPJ partners oppose reclamation option

TOKYO, Japan - People's New Party Diet affairs chief Mikio Shimoji speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office on March 31, 2010, after meeting with Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano. Shimoji said he opposed a prospective proposal to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to an area to be reclaimed from the sea off a U.S. Navy facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture.

Anti-U.S. base rally held in Uruma, Okinawa

Anti-U.S. base rally held in Uruma, Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Some 600 people protest against an idea to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to reclaimed land off the U.S. Navy's White Beach facility in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, during a rally in the city March 25, 2010.

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Tsuken Island (foreground) and the U.S. Navy's White Beach base (far behind) in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010. An idea of reclaiming land between the shore and the island has been floated for the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, and Tsuken Island (far behind) on March 11, 2010. An idea of reclaiming land between the shore and the island has been floated for the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010.

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows the U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, and Tsuken Island (far behind) on March 11, 2010. An idea of reclaiming land between the shore and the island has been floated for the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

U.S. Navy's White Beach base in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Tsuken Island (foreground) and the U.S. Navy's White Beach base (far behind) in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 11, 2010. An idea of reclaiming land between the shore and the island has been floated for the ongoing realignment of U.S. military forces in Japan.

Top bureaucrats hold presumably last agenda-setting meeting

Top bureaucrats hold presumably last agenda-setting meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma, the chair of twice-weekly meetings of administrative vice ministers, speaks at a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 14 after the top bureaucrats held their last meeting under the government of Prime Minister Taro Aso. The Democratic Party of Japan, which is set to form a coalition government on Sept. 16, advocates abolishing the meetings to give elected officials greater decision-making power.

Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma responds to questions at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 9. Uruma said his remarks last week on a Nishimatsu Construction Co.-linked fundraising scandal were misdirected when he was quoted by the media as an unidentified ''senior government official.''

Japan, U.S. hold joint drill for U.S. military plane crash

Japan, U.S. hold joint drill for U.S. military plane crash

NAHA, Japan - Rescue workers carry a mock injured person during a joint Japan-U.S. drill at the U.S. Navy's White Beach facility in the city of Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 18. The drill was held to prepare for the case of a crash of a U.S. military plane in the prefecture.

Okinawa gubernatorial race

Okinawa gubernatorial race

Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki waves to voters in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in the southern Japanese island prefecture.

Okinawa gubernatorial race

Okinawa gubernatorial race

Incumbent Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki makes a speech in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 25, 2022, as campaigning began the same day for the Sept. 11 gubernatorial election in the southern Japanese island prefecture.

Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

Uruma says his remarks as 'senior gov't official' misdirected

TOKYO, Japan - Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Iwao Uruma responds to questions at a session of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 9. Uruma said his remarks last week on a Nishimatsu Construction Co.-linked fundraising scandal were misdirected when he was quoted by the media as an unidentified ''senior government official.'' (Kyodo)

U.S. military helicopter's off-base landing

URUMA, Japan Kyodo - Video taken June 3, 2021, shows a U.S. military helicopter on Tsuken Island of Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The UH-1 helicopter with five crew members belonging to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on board made an emergency off-base landing on the island the previous night.

Campaign begins for Okinawa assembly election

Campaign begins for Okinawa assembly election

People offer prayers in Uruma, Okinawa Prefecture for a women who a former U.S. Marine has admitted to killing, before participating in a kick-off rally as campaigning for a prefectural assembly election began on May 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former U.S. Marine who works at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, is surrounded by police officers as he is taken from Uruma Police Station to prosecutors in Okinawa on May 20, 2016, following his arrest on suspicion of dumping the body of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Kenneth Franklin Shinzato (3rd from L), a former U.S. Marine who works at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, is surrounded by police officers as he is taken from Uruma Police Station to prosecutors in Okinawa on May 20, 2016, following his arrest on suspicion of dumping the body of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Civilian U.S. base worker sent to prosecutors

Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former U.S. Marine who works at the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, is surrounded by police officers as he is taken from Uruma Police Station to prosecutors in Okinawa on May 20, 2016, following his arrest on suspicion of dumping the body of a local woman. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Former U.S. Marine arrested over death of Okinawa woman

Former U.S. Marine arrested over death of Okinawa woman

Photo taken May 20, 2016, shows the Uruma Police Station in Okinawa Prefecture, where Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a 32-year-old former U.S. Marine, is being questioned following his arrest the previous day on suspicion of disposing of the body of Rina Shimabukuro, a 20-year-old woman. Shinzato has allegedly made remarks implying he killed her. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Civilian U.S. base worker arrested over missing Okinawa woman

Civilian U.S. base worker arrested over missing Okinawa woman

Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, east of Tokyo, on May 19, 2016, upon on his return from the United States, about the arrest of a 32-year-old male working for the U.S. military in the southern prefecture. The man was arrested on suspicion of disposing of the body of a missing 20-year-old woman in Uruma, central Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Civilian U.S. base worker arrested over missing Okinawa woman

Civilian U.S. base worker arrested over missing Okinawa woman

Photo shows Uruma Police Station in central Okinawa Prefecture, where a 32-year-old man working for the U.S. military was detained on May 19, 2016, after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of a body. Police are working to confirm whether the body is that of missing 20-year-old office worker Rina Shimabukuro from Uruma. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo