Fresh land reclamation work has started at Henoko to support the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma air station from another city in Okinawa.
The reclamation began on June 17 at the Henoko site. It forms part of a long-standing project to move the Futenma facility.
The work is tied to U.S.-Japan defense cooperation in Okinawa. The Defense Ministry is handling the reclamation efforts.
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Japan has revised its long-standing rules on lethal arms exports, prompting Chinese warnings of resurgent militarism amid heightened bilateral tensions.
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marine Corps began the Resolute Dragon exercise on Saturday to improve island defense skills. The drill runs through June 30 across the Kyushu region and Okinawa Prefecture.
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Former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan will hold memorial services for their ancestors at sea and in the air from July 25 to November 7.
Two mountain fires in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, which erupted Wednesday, had burned over 200 hectares by Thursday morning. Self-Defense Forces helicopters were deployed to combat the blazes, which destroyed seven structures and forced 245 evacuations amid a recent earthquake aftermath. The town, scarred by the 2011 tsunami, faces added risks from dry weather.
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Japan's Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro reached a wide-ranging deal to promote defense equipment and technology cooperation. Japan is eyeing an early transfer of used warships and aircraft to the Philippines.