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News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Government: Typhoon No. 6, linear rainbands bring double threat to Japan

News channel or source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16611423

Published on: Tuesday 02 June 2026

Typhoon No. 6 was nearing the Amami island area of southern Kagoshima Prefecture on June 2 and threatening to bring torrential rain and powerful winds to the Pacific Ocean side of Japan.

News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Government: Typhoon No. 30 may make landfall in Kyushu tomorrow, the 26th. If it does, it will be the latest Kyushu landfall since records began. Heavy rain from Kyushu to Kanto starting ...

News channel or source: https://note.com/omegakinesis/n/n06f8fd1dea14?hl=en

Published on: Saturday 24 October 2026

Typhoon No. 30, which passed through the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa, will move northward after this, and there is a risk it will make landfall in Kyushu on Monday the 26th.According to the Japan ...

News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Government: Challenges crop up after practice evacuation of Okinawa islands

News channel or source: https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15140184

Published on: Wednesday 31 January 2024

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 » Government: Super Typhoon Champi disrupts Keen Sword drills across southern Japan

News channel or source: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2026-10-21/super-typhoon-champi-keen-sword-23216053.html

Published on: Tuesday 20 October 2026

Super Typhoon Champi, the strongest storm of 2026, has forced U.S. and Japanese forces to scale back parts of Keen Sword, a major defense exercise.

News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Government: FOCUS: Japan gov't's efforts further needed as Okinawa still split over U.S. base

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/politics/government/focus-japan-gov-t-s-efforts-further-needed-as-okinawa-still-split-over-u-s-base/ar-AA2cbGsJ

Published on: Monday 14 September 2026

TOKYO - A ruling bloc-backed newcomer may have beaten the incumbent opposed to a longstanding U.S. military base relocation plan in Sunday's Okinawa gubernatorial election, but Japan's government will ...

News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Government: From the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa Prefecture.

News channel or source: https://note.com/ikimashoca_sio/n/nea19e6c21c98?hl=en

Published on: Friday 23 October 2026

From the Ryukyu Kingdom to Okinawa PrefectureHistorical relations with China and current debates over sovereigntyThe Ryukyu Kingdom was a unique kingdom established primarily in what is now Okinawa ...