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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

YONAGUNI, Japan, Dec. 19 Kyodo - The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October. (Kyodo)

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GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.

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GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.

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GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.

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GSDF Osprey bound for Chiba for repair

The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force begins moving a V-22 Osprey aircraft out of Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 19, 2024, as it is to be repaired at the GSDF's base in Chiba Prefecture following an accident during a Japan-U.S. joint drill in the westernmost Japanese island in October.

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[Breaking News]Japan-U.S. joint defense exercise

YONAGUNI, Japan, Aug. 4 Kyodo - Video taken Aug. 4, 2024, shows a U.S. Marine Corps latest-model radar deployed at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's camp on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa during Resolute Dragon, a Japan-U.S. joint exercise held between late July and early August. The drill is aimed at strengthening the capability to defend remote islands. (Kyodo)

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Japan-U.S. joint defense exercise

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2024, shows a U.S. Marine Corps latest-model radar (back) deployed at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's camp on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa during Resolute Dragon, a Japan-U.S. joint exercise held between late July and early August. The drill is aimed at strengthening the capability to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint defense exercise

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2024, shows a U.S. Marine Corps latest-model radar (back) deployed at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's camp on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa during Resolute Dragon, a Japan-U.S. joint exercise held between late July and early August. The drill is aimed at strengthening the capability to defend remote islands.

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Japan-U.S. joint defense exercise

Photo taken Aug. 4, 2024, shows a U.S. Marine Corps latest-model radar deployed at the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force's camp on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa during Resolute Dragon, a Japan-U.S. joint exercise held between late July and early August. The drill is aimed at strengthening the capability to defend remote islands.

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Wetland on Japan's Yonaguni Island

Photo taken May 15, 2024, shows Tarumai wetland and Kataburu beach (back) on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, a possible site of a new port to be built for use by the Japan Self-Defense Forces as part of Japan's efforts to strengthen its defense system.

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Wetland on Japan's Yonaguni Island

Photo taken May 15, 2024, shows Kataburu beach and Tarumai wetland (behind beach) on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, a possible site of a new port to be built for use by the Japan Self-Defense Forces as part of Japan's efforts to strengthen its defense system.

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Wetland on Japan's Yonaguni Island

Photo taken May 15, 2024, shows Tarumai wetland and Kataburu beach (back) on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, a possible site of a new port to be built for use by the Japan Self-Defense Forces as part of Japan's efforts to strengthen its defense system.

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Wetland on Japan's Yonaguni Island

Photo taken May 15, 2024, shows Kataburu beach and Tarumai wetland (behind beach) on Yonaguni Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa, a possible site of a new port to be built for use by the Japan Self-Defense Forces as part of Japan's efforts to strengthen its defense system.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (front, R) and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu (front, L) walk in Japan's westernmost area on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (R) chats with a fisherman on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (C, R) chats with Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu (C, L) on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu smile in front of a monument indicating Japan's westernmost point on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu chat in front of a monument indicating Japan's westernmost point on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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U.S. Ambassador to Japan visits Yonaguni Island

U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (L) and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu chat in front of a monument indicating Japan's westernmost point on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture on May 17, 2024.

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Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You in Japan

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (L) and Yonaguni Mayor Kenichi Itokazu in Japan's westernmost inhabited island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture on July 4, 2023.

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Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You in Japan

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (L) visited Irizaki, a cape on Japan's westernmost inhabited island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture, from where Taiwan can be seen on a clear day, accompanied by Japan's House of Representative lawmaker Keiji Furuya of the Liberal Democratic Party, who also heads the Diet's caucus promoting Japan-Taiwan relations, on July 4, 2023.

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Taiwan top legislator You heads to Yonaguni

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (far L) departs on a 110-kilometer sea journey from Suao in Yilan County, Taiwan, to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture on July 4, 2023, to promote tourism between the two sides.

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ASDF PAC3 missile

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missile is pictured on June 2, 2023, in Yonaguni in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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ASDF PAC3 missile

A Japan Air Self-Defense Force Patriot Advanced Capability-3 interceptor missile is pictured on June 2, 2023, in Yonaguni in the southern Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Okinawa Prefecture island near Taiwan

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows a Japan Self-Defense Forces radar facility on Yonaguni island in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan.

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Okinawa Prefecture island near Taiwan

Photo taken on Feb. 7, 2023, shows a Japan Self-Defense Forces radar facility on Yonaguni island in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan.

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Some Yonaguni residents oppose building of GSDF facility

YONAGUNI, Japan - Some residents of Yonaguni Island, the westernmost Japanese island near a group of islands whose ownership is contested by China, voice opposition to the construction of a facility for a coastal surveillance unit of the Ground Self-Defense Force near the groundbreaking ceremony venue on the island on April 19, 2014. The residents are concerned that because of the GSDF presence only about 150 kilometers north of the Japanese-administered Senkaku Islands, the island could become a target in times of contingency involving Japan and China.

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Yonaguni Island split over plan to host GSDF base

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken in February 2014 shows a resident against a plan to host a Ground Self-Defense Force base on the island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, waving material papers at a meeting to explain the plan to local residents.

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Yonaguni Island split over plan to host GSDF base

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken in February 2014 shows Yonaguni Mayor Shukichi Hokama (L) responding to a resident after a meeting to explain to local residents about a plan to host a Ground Self-Defense Force base on the island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps) including Kazuya Suzuki (3rd from R, front row) arrive at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Remote Japanese island trying to bolster ties with Taiwan

NAHA, Japan - Tsuneo Uechi, chief of the Yonaguni fisheries cooperative, shows off a white marlin in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 8 .

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Okinawa Prefecture island near Taiwan

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2022, shows Yonaguni island in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan. The Chinese military conducted a live-fire drill the same day in the strait dividing Taiwan and the mainland apparently in protest over a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei.

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Okinawa Prefecture island near Taiwan

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2022, shows Yonaguni island in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan. The Chinese military conducted a live-fire drill the same day in the strait dividing Taiwan and the mainland apparently in protest over a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei.

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Okinawa Prefecture island near Taiwan

Photo taken on Aug. 4, 2022, shows Yonaguni island in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Yonaguni, about 110 kilometers away from Taiwan. The Chinese military conducted a live-fire drill the same day in the strait dividing Taiwan and the mainland apparently in protest over a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei.

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Underwater ruins in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - A diver swims near a bedrock with circular indentation in the upper part of ''ruins point'' off Yonaguni island in Okinawa Prefecture. The photo, taken on April 17, 1997, was provided by Ryukyu University Yonaguni Underwater Ruins Fact-Finding Group. (Kyodo)

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Underwater ruins in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Ryukyu University researchers point to two holes found in the upper part of ''ruins point'' off the island of Yonaguni island in Okinawa. The photo, taken on April 17, 1997, was provided by Ryukyu University Yonaguni Underwater Ruins Fact-Finding Group. (Kyodo)

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Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush prepare to leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called "himegama," which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will travel the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called himegama, which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will sail the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush prepare to leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called "himegama," which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will travel the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held for new ground force unit on westernmost Japanese island

Lt. Gen. Kiyoshi Ogawa (L) of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force presents a flag to Daigo Shiomitsu, the leader of a new GSDF unit established on the country's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, during a ceremony on the remote island on March 28, 2016. Comprised of about 160 members, the unit is expected to keep a close watch on Chinese maritime activities, particularly around the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, which Beijing claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceremony held for new ground force unit on westernmost Japanese island

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a ceremony on the country's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 28, 2016, to mark the establishment of a new GSDF unit on the remote island. Comprised of about 160 members, the unit is expected to keep a close watch on Chinese maritime activities, particularly around the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, which Beijing claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan sets up ground force unit near islets disputed by China

Personnel of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force stand guard near the entrance of their newly established facility on Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 28, 2016. The Defense Agency set up a unit of about 160 GSDF members the same day on the remote island to keep a close watch on Chinese maritime activities, particularly around the Japan-administered Senkaku Islands, which Beijing claims. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Taiwan project recreating ancient sea migration

Five paddlers on a dugout canoe arrive off Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on July 9, 2019, after traveling more than 200 kilometers from southeastern Taiwan. The voyage, a research project between Japanese and Taiwanese national museums, was aimed at proving the hypothesis that humans migrated between the islands about 30,000 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boats set out on journey to replicate migration 30,000 years ago

Two boats made of bulrush leave Yonaguni Island for Iriomote Island, both in Okinawa Prefecture, on July 17, 2016, on a journey to replicate part of a hypothetical migration by a group of ancient settlers from what is now Taiwan about 30,000 years ago. The 6-meter-long vessels made of a local plant called himegama, which is similar to narrow leaf cattail, will sail the 75-kilometer journey between the two Japanese islands near Taiwan with a research team from Tokyo's National Museum of Nature and Science on board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swimmers (in blue swimming caps), including Kazuya Suzuki (1st man wearing swimming cap) is welcomed by local people at a beach in the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011, after completing a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture. The relay was conducted to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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6 Japanese swimmers complete 110-km relay to Taiwan

SU-AO, Taiwan - A team of six Japanese swim in waters near the Taiwanese town of Su-ao on Sept. 19, 2011. They completed a 110-kilometer relay from Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, to the town to express gratitude to the Taiwanese people for sending donations to Japanese people afflicted by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)