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The Japan Meteorological Agency called for heightened vigilance against heavy downpours in northern Kyushu between the evening of Sept. 5 and the following morning as powerful Typhoon No. 11 swirls ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa: Typhoon No. 8 packing heavy rain nearing Okinawa
Japan is currently facing a rare triple typhoon formation in waters south of the archipelago, with Typhoons No. 7, 8 and 9 simultaneously active.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa: Japan confirms a new bird species, its first discovery in 45 years
On a handful of volcanic islands strung between Kyushu and Okinawa, a small olive-green warbler has been singing a song no one recognized as unique. For decades, ornithologists classified the bird as ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa: Japanese Defense Ministry free to station Ospreys near southern airport
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s Ministry of Defense has passed the final hurdle for stationing tiltrotor aircraft permanently on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, after local ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa: Update: US MQ-9 unit to redeploy from Kyushu to Okinawa
The deployment of US GA-ASI MQ-9s from Kyushu to Okinawa is expected to improve joint US-Japan reconnaissance capabilities near the Senkaku Islands and Taiwan. (US Air Force/Staff Sgt Christopher ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa: First field evacuation drill planned for remote Okinawan islands
The central government and Okinawa Prefecture have decided to hold the first field drill to evacuate residents of the prefecture's remote islands under the civil protection law, it was learned ...