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Baseball: Hanshin Tigers' right-hander Aoyagi

Koyo Aoyagi of the Hanshin Tigers is pictured during the Japanese pro baseball team's spring camp workouts in Ginoza, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2023.

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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, speaks during a meeting with Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda in Naha on June 27, 2024, about a U.S. Air Force member who was indicted in March for allegedly sexually assaulting and kidnapping a local girl under the age of 16 in December 2023.

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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda (R) reads a protest statement in Naha, in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 27, 2024, during a meeting with Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans (C), commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, against the alleged sexual assault and kidnapping of a local girl under the age of 16 by a U.S. Air Force member in December 2023. The U.S. serviceman was indicted in March.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane on Dec. 8, 2023, shows the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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[Breaking News]Japan GSDF fails to determine exact cause of fatal 2023 chopper crash

TOKYO, March 14 Kyodo - Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force said Thursday that it has been unable to determine the exact cause of the engine troubles that caused a deadly crash involving one of its helicopters off an island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa in April 2023.(Kyodo)

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Traditional dragon boat event in Okinawa

Traditional marine event Naha Hari is held in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on May 5, 2023, with dragon boats.

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Traditional dragon boat event in Okinawa

Traditional marine event Naha Hari is held in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on May 5, 2023, with dragon boats.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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New GSDF garrison on Okinawa's Ishigaki Island

File photo taken May 4, 2023, shows the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's new garrison on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows part of a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing in early April being brought up from the seabed by a private vessel in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a crashed Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel after it recovered a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a salvage vessel hauling a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows a major part of the wreckage of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter on a salvage vessel after its recovery from the seabed off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa. The GSDF helicopter went missing with 10 personnel on board on April 6.

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Part of wreckage of sunken Japan GSDF chopper recovered

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 2, 2023, shows part of a Japan Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing in early April being brought up from the seabed by a private vessel in waters off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys an unmanned undersea vehicle into the sea on May 2, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru salvage vessel deploys a remotely operated vehicle into the sea on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is underway by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on May 1, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan GSDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

Preparation is under way by the Shinsei Maru salvage vessel on April 29, 2023, to recover a sunken Japan Ground Self-Defense Force helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 6.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru vessel of Offshore Engineering Co. is pictured at a port in Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 28, 2023. The vessel is expected to be part of the operation to salvage a sunken Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the island earlier in the month.

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Salvage mission for sunken Japan SDF chopper

The Shinsei Maru vessel of Offshore Engineering Co. is pictured at a port in Miyako Island in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on April 28, 2023. The vessel is expected to be part of the operation to salvage a sunken Japanese Self-Defense Forces helicopter that went missing with 10 personnel aboard off the island earlier in the month.

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JAPAN-TOKYO-OKINAWA-LAWMAKERS-PEACEBUILDING

(230426) -- TOKYO, April 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Okinawa lawmaker Katsutoshi Toyama speaks in an interview after talks at Foreign Ministry in Tokyo, Japan, April 25, 2023. A delegation of lawmakers from Japan's Okinawa Prefecture has called on the country's government to engage in peacebuilding through dialogue and diplomacy. In a resolution submitted to the Defense Ministry, the Cabinet Office and the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Monday and Tuesday, the lawmakers also urged efforts to prevent the southernmost prefecture from becoming a battlefield again. TO GO WITH "Okinawa lawmakers urge Tokyo to promote peace through dialogue, diplomacy" (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaoyu)

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023, shows an MQ9 unmanned aerial vehicle deployed at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023, shows U.S. Air Force F-15C fighter jets parked at the Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023, shows a U.S. Air Force F-15C fighter jet (front) touching down at the Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023, shows a U.S. Air Force F-15C fighter jet (front) taking off from the Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 11, 2023, shows a U.S. Air Force F-15C fighter jet taking off from the Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Kadena air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows a U.S. military MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Site for U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, shows the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, the site for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from another part of the southern Japanese island prefecture.

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JAPAN-OKINAWA-U.S. BASE RELOCATION-DESIGN CHANGE-APPROVAL

(231229) -- TOKYO, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 25, 2023 shows a placard protesting against the construction of U.S. base in Henoko coastal area near the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Okinawa, Japan. The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light to a revised plan for a key U.S. base relocation within Okinawa prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the prefectural government's objection, local media reported. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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JAPAN-OKINAWA-U.S. BASE RELOCATION-DESIGN CHANGE-APPROVAL

(231229) -- TOKYO, Dec. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 25, 2023 shows the construction site of U.S. base in Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa, Japan. The Japanese government on Thursday gave the green light to a revised plan for a key U.S. base relocation within Okinawa prefecture, taking the unprecedented step of overriding the prefectural government's objection, local media reported. (Xinhua/Feng Wuyong)

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L, back) meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

People stage a protest on Dec. 28, 2023, in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, near the site where the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is to be relocated from another part of the southern Japan island prefecture, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer.