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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 » Life: Japan and US launch island defense drills in Kyushu, Okinawa
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps commenced the Resolute Dragon field exercise for island defense skills Saturday that will continue through June ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Typhoon Jangmi map: Where storm will hit in Japan as flights cancelled
A tropical storm has injured 16 people and knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes across southwestern Japan, forcing the evacuation of nearly 400,000 residents and grounding hundreds of ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Japan, US commence joint island defense drill in Kyushu, Okinawa
This photo taken on June 20, 2026, shows the opening ceremony of the Resolute Dragon field exercise for island defense skills at Camp Kengun in Kumamoto Prefecture. (Kyodo) KUMAMOTO (Kyodo) -- Japan's ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: From Kyushu & Okinawa to Hong Kong
Tickets are complimentary; registration is required. Asia Society Hong Kong Center is proud to co-present a program on the ties between Hong Kong and the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Okinawa, ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Japan’s defense minister pledges to reduce US military footprint on first visit to Okinawa
NAHA, Okinawa — Japan’s defense minister, on his first visit to Okinawa in his new role, repeated a promise to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: 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 » Life: Heavy rain lashes Japan's Kyushu, weather agency warns of disasters
This photo taken on June 24, 2026, shows a slope in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, that collapsed due to heavy rain. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Heavy rain lashed Japan's southwestern main island of ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Heavy rain hits Kyushu region of southwestern Japan
A stationary rain front over the Kyushu region in southwestern Japan has caused bands of heavy rain clouds to form in the region's south, resulting in torrential rain before noon on Wednesday. The ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Japan, U.S. commence joint island defense drill in Kyushu, Okinawa
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps commenced the Resolute Dragon field exercise for island defense skills Saturday that will continue through June 30 across the Kyushu region ...
News Japan » Kyushu and Okinawa » Life: Typhoon Jangmi mapped: Where powerful storm will hit in Japan as flights cancelled
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