Captain Imai Kanemasa assumed command of the ship on 14 June, as Tōgō was reorganizing the fleet for future operations. As the IJN was preparing to invade Sakhalin Island in early July, Kamimura's 2nd Division, now reduced to "Iwate", "Izumo", and "Tokiwa", was tasked to defend the Korea Strait before it escorted troops that made an amphibious landing in northeastern Korea. In mid-August, the division covered the landing at Chongjin, closer to the Russian border. In 1910, "Tokiwa"s boilers were replaced by Miyabara water-tube boilers and her six-inch guns were replaced by Japanese-built models. In December 1911, "Iwate" and "Tokiwa" were deployed to Port Arthur to keep order there during the Chinese Revolution.