Among the training conducted was evacuating residents and injured troops from those islands to the main islands of Okinawa or Honshu. Keen Sword has been held since 1986 at about two-year intervals.

Gifu Prefecture is in the Chubu region, the center of Honshu, Japan’s largest island ... take a closer look of authentic samurai swords – to name a few ways on how Gifu creates a traditional ...

Powerful Typhoon No. 7 is projected to slam into the main island of Honshu or Shikoku around Aug. 15, and the Japan Meteorological Agency is now gearing up to issue heavy rainfall warnings.