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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
Missing snorkeler’s body found off Ishigaki coast [News]
The body of a 29-year-old Naha City company employee swept away by winds from Typhoon Sangda has been recovered . Daisuke Fukuda had been in Ishigaki snorkeling with friends Sunday...
Pickpocket snatches walking man’s wallet in Naha City [News]
A 46-year-old Naha City company employee is out ¥40,000 cash after a thief snatched his wallet from behind as he walked down a city road in the Asato district last weekend. The vic...
LDP presidential campaign officially a five-horse race [News]
There’s plenty of tough talk on the Liberal Democratic Party’s campaign trail, where five men are vying for the job of running the party and leading the LDP back to power. Former P...
2012.09.15
Festivals scheduled for weekend postponed [News]
Festivals scheduled for this weekend are postponed to following weekend because of typhoon Sanba. The new dates are Kinser Festival Sep. 22, 23 Uruma Eisa Sep. 22, 23 Kitanakagusu...
Typhoon’s rains cause cracks, damage to Highway 58 slopes [News]
Heavy rains spawned by Typhoon Bolaven on its sweep across Okinawa several weeks ago are still wreaking havoc in the Nerome district of Ogimi Village, where cracks, slips and slide...
Unexploded shell disposal triggers Hansen forest fire [News]
A forest fire swept across a section of forest at Camp Hansen in Kin Town, not far from a section of a firing range. U.S. Forces firefighting equipment and a helicopter spent nearl...
Suspected bomb parts found at Tonaki Island [News]
Investigators aren’t exactly sure what they’ve found, but at first glance, objects found about 400-500 meters from Tonaki Island are parts of an American training bomb. A resident ...
Bird migration patterns making ready for fall [News]
Autumn is in the air, as evidenced by scenes of winter birds migrating back across the sea to Okinawa to spend the autumn through spring season. Already gracing Okinawa shores are ...
Cultivator accident claims life of elderly Chatan man [News]
An elderly Chatan Town resident has bled to death after getting his hand caught in a small cultivator in a Kitamae district farm. The 85-year-old Morimasa Inamine was working with ...
Senkaku Islands purchase by government being formalized [News]
The paperwork’s being finalized between Japan’s government and the private owner of secluded islands in the East China Sea, a move that is certain to irritate China. The purchase o...
Marine arrested for having ammunition in his bag [News]
A Marine Corporal winding up a three-year tour on Okinawa ran afoul of the Japanese Firearm and Sword Control Law, which prohibits keeping ammunition in his personal property. Corp...
H.S. students, two construction workers, rip off Urasoe school [News]
A pair of 16-year-old high school students and two teenage construction workers have been arrested for breaking into a Urasoe City high school. The four boys have confessed to the ...
Real Madrid opens soccer school in Ishigaki [News]
One of the world’s strongest soccer clubs, Real Madrid, has teamed with its Foundation from Spain’s First League and is preparing to open a school in Ishigaki City. The Real Madrid...
Two new mango species being grown in Okinawa [News]
Okinawa’s put it seal of production and approval on two new species of mango, the Natsu-Kobeni and the Ti-rara. Until now, these kind of mangoes were imported from America, and the...
OIST steps forward with new programs [News]
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University is moving ahead with new science and technology program. The new university programs at the Tancha district of Onna ...
Anti-Osprey Demonstration set for Sunday [News]
Okinawans opposed to deployment of the MV -22 Osprey aircraft to the island this fall are mustering up demonstrators to share the weekend with them. Residents seeking to block depl...
Possible arson cause of car, motorcycle fires [News]
A 5 a.m. call to the Itoman Fire Department 119 emergency number quickly scrambled a pair of fire engines to the scene of two cases of suspected arson. Fire fighters say a bicycle ...
Tokyo sends team to study Senkaku islands [News]
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which along with the national government wants to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands in southwestern Okinawa Prefecture, has had a team drifting in wat...
Recycling plant worker busted [News]
A 26-year-old man working at a car recycling plant in Urasoe City has been arrested by Ginowan Police for violating the stimulants Control Law. Police are investigating where Hayat...
Typhoon Bolaven gets Okinawa excited, fizzles [News]
As Typhoon Bolaven lumbered across the western Pacific toward Okinawa, warnings were being issued that it could be the worst typhoon to strike the island in 13 years, or more, and ...
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