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NAHA—Various questions have emerged following a simulation exercise on Jan. 30 examining the evacuation of about 120,000 Okinawa residents in the event of a military conflict in nearby Taiwan.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: Typhoon Jangmi moves toward Japan's Kyushu after lashing Okinawa
Typhoon Jangmi continued its northward journey towards Japan`s southwestern island of Kyushu on Tuesday after bringing strong winds and heavy weather conditions to Okinawa, prompting transport ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: Japan halts Osprey flights on Okinawa during exercise with Marine Corps
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japan’s army will not fly its V-22 Ospreys to Okinawa during the ongoing Iron Fist exercise with the U.S. Marine Corps, according to the Japan Ground Staff. The Japan Ground ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: Japan orders evacuations and cancels 500 flights as Typhoon Dolphin approaches
Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern Japan were ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights were canceled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin approached the region to bring violent ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: Airport closes in Okinawa as Typhoon Dolphin hits parts of southern Japan
The typhoon was just north of the main island of Okinawa with maximum winds of 89 mph as of Friday afternoon, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: 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 » Events: Large, violent typhoon may approach Japan's Okinawa later this week
TOKYO - A large and "violent" typhoon is moving westward near the Mariana Islands in the Pacific and may approach areas south of Japan's Okinawa later this week, according to the Japanese weather ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Events: 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 » Events: 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 » Events: Airport closes in Okinawa as Typhoon Dolphin hits parts of southern Japan
A Japan Meteorological Agency sign is seen in Tokyo's Minato Ward. (Mainichi) TOKYO (AP) -- Typhoon Dolphin moved over Japan's southern remote islands Friday, causing a main airport on Okinawa to ...