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Henoko seabed survey on hold for month [News]
The fight between the central government and Okinawa Prefectural government over the landfill preparation work for the Furenma replacement f...Read More
2014: Guard changes, but Futenma remains… [News]
For the third year in a row, the plans to move MCAS Futenma to a new base in Henoko, demands to move it out of the prefecture, and oppositio...Read More
Futenma, Senkakus provide most memorable… [News]
By Bill Charles If Futenma Marine Corps Air Station didn’t exist, and if China didn’t have its eye on the Senkaku Islands in southwestern Ok...Read More
Centuries-old tree guarding shrine destroyed by typhoon [CURRENT ISSUE News]
A 300-year-old Hernandiaceae tree guarding both sides of a shrine in Nago City has been destroyed by Typhoon Sanba, which hammered the city early September. The huge tree was snapp...
Doctor busted for playing pachinko during duty [News]
A 63-year-old doctor working at a Naha government operated children’s medical rehabilitation facility was busted for slipping out of his working place to play pachinko at a near-by...
Construction worker’s leg crushed in accident [News]
A 55-year-old construction worker was seriously injured when a concrete reinforcement of a breakwater collapsed and slid on his leg along the Highway 58 in Sate, Kunigami Village, ...
Duty-Free Shops could open in arrival areas soon [News]
International airports, including Narita and presumably Naha, could soon find themselves offering up duty free goods in international arrival areas. The Land, Infrastructure, Trans...
Kadena airman busted for DUI [News]
Kadena police arrested 28-year-old A1C Goa Terrence O’Quinn of Kadena AB, on charge of violating the Road Traffic Law driving drunk on Oct. 7. O’Quinn admitted to drinking a bottle...
2012.10.10
Japanese car sales dip as the Senkaku issue lingers [Business News]
Japanese automobile sales in China dipped sharply in China last month as the anti-Japan demonstrations over the Senkaku Islands swept across China. Sales by Fuji Heavy Industries c...
Vietnam disturbed over Japan’s island disputes [News Politics]
Japan’s continuing clashes with China, Taiwan and South Korea over islands it claims has now raised concerns from Vietnam. At the ASEAN Maritime Forum in Manila, Vietnam has expres...
2012.10.10
Last ‘Elephant Cage’ antennas being abandoned at Misawa AB [News]
Five years after the Elephant Cage antennas array at Yomitan in Okinawa were shut down and destroyed, plans after been announced to scrap its twin at Misawa Air Base in northern Ja...
2012.10.10
JAL now extending its Japan-China flight cuts [Business News]
Temporary flight cuts now in effect between Japan and China by Japan Air Lines will be extended. Japan Air Lines says it will extend the cuts in service because it’s seeing no uptu...
2012.10.07
Last three Ospreys arrive at Futenma [Military News]
The first squadron of twelve MV-22 Osprey are now all in their home base of MCAS Futenma as the last three flew in from Iwakuni on Saturday. The aircraft landed at the Okinawa base...
Japan wants to use PR in Senkakus brouhaha [News]
With both China and Taiwan angry with Japan over its claiming sovereignty over the Senkaku islands, Japan’s turning to public relations in seeking international support. Foreign Mi...
Okinawa Assembly demands Osprey pullout [News Politics]
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution demanding the pullout of the controversial MV-22 Osprey aircraft now deployed at Futenma Marine Corps Air Sta...
Remaining three Ospreys to come to Okinawa within weeks [Military News]
The U.S. Marine Corps says that the three MV-22 Osprey aircraft still in Iwakuni will move to MCAS Futenma, their permanent home in Okinawa, over the next few weeks. The first six ...
2012.10.05
Noda chooses Makiko Tanaka in his Cabinet reshuffle [News]
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has opted for a Beijing-friendly woman in his Cabinet as he shuffles people around in hopes of buoying his shaky public persona. Although he picked an...
Osprey foes block MCAS Futenma gates [News]
Okinawa residents wasted no time mobilizing supporters to oppose the arrival of the MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft, mounting a series of blockades around all three gates to Futen...
2012.10.05
Season’s strongest typhoon bashes Okinawa [CURRENT ISSUE News]
Typhoon Jelawat did last weekend what Samba and Bolaven couldn’t; it slammed into Okinawa Prefecture from one end to the other, leaving one man dead, dozens injured and damages in ...
3 more Osprey planes deployed to Okinawa [News]
Three more MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor transport planes have arrived at the Futenma Marine Corps Air Station on Okinawa. The three, which flew in from the Marines’ Iwakuni base i...
2012.10.02
MV-22B Ospreys arrive at MCAS Futenma [News]
Six MV-22B Osprey aircraft flew from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and arrived at MCAS Futenma on Monday, the first element of two squadrons to be based on Okinawa. Squadron air...
2012.10.02
Osprey foes block Futenma Marine Corps Air Station gates [News]
Okinawa residents wasted no time mobilizing supporters to oppose the arrival of the MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft, mounting a series of blockades around all three gates to Futen...
Typhoon Jelawat messes up weekend events. [News]
Second super typhoon in two weeks, and the third to hit Okinawa in a month is currently just south of the island and still nearing, but already it has messed up practically all eve...
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