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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
San-A to open new supermarket [News]
It’s not coming to shoppers in the very near future, but when land now part of the Kadena Ammunition Storage Area is returned to Japanese control, San-A is ready. The supermarket g...
AEON says it will stick with its operating hours [News]
AEON Okinawa, operators of AEON department stores and MaxValu supermarkets on the island, says it’s going to stick with earlier opening times first adopted this year as an energy c...
LDP eyes holding presidential election in late September [News]
The Liberal Democratic Party, the conservative opposition party in Japan, is considering its party presidential election in late September, with campaigning to begin within a coupl...
Japan to offer ¥2 billion to purchase Senkaku Isles [News]
Japan’s central government is getting ready to offer ¥2 billion to the owner of the disputed Senkaku Islands, wanting to settle the conflict and bring the islands under state contr...
Japan, U.S. agree: Osprey crash ‘human error’ [News]
Japanese experts are agreeing with the United States that the fatal crash of a MV-22 Osprey in April was caused by human error. The MV-22 that crashed in Morocco killed servicemen,...
13 motorcycles torched, car burned in Urasoe incident [News]
Urasoe City Police and Fire Department investigators are studying what happened at a parking facility in the city’s Gusukuma district at 10:15 a.m. August 15th, when a report came ...
Marines release official report on Osprey incident [News]
The U.S. Marine Corps says the MV-22 Osprey that crashed in April in Morocco did not have mechanical problems, adding in the official report there would be modifications to simulat...
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Okinawa’s other Miyazato captures Safeway Classic [News]
She’s the hottest name in women’s golf, and Mika Miyazato proved it Sunday with a dominating victory in the Ladies Professional Golf Tour Safeway Classic. Miyazato, who tied for th...
Miyako construction leads to red soil runoff to sea [News]
Miyakojima City port workers are accusing a construction company of causing red soil runoff into the ocean waters around the Maja Fishing Port in Nishihara-Hirara district of Miyak...
Controversial tax bill slides through Diet [News]
Japan’s Prime Minister scored a major victory with the Upper House of the Diet’s passage of his tax reform and social security tax bills that will double the nation’s sales tax to ...
Yuirail monorail marks 9th anniversary [News]
It was a somewhat low key celebration this week as Okinawa Urban Monorail Company held its “Yui-rail de Naha Machi-maii” marking the ninth year of operations in Naha City. Some 70 ...
Champion Golden Kings roll out schedule [News]
The Ryukyu Golden Kings, 2011-2012 champions of the Basketball Japan League, are posturing for the new season, announcing both the official schedule and the first pre-season compet...
Okinawa residents renew their opposition to Osprey [News]
Residents in Okinawa on Monday renewed their opposition to the planned deployment of the U.S. military’s MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft at the Futenma Marine Corps Air Stat...
Live fire exercise causes fire near Hansen range [News]
A live fire exercise on Camp Hansen’s Range 2 on Saturday resulted in a fire near the range. The Okinawa Prefecture Base Countermeasure Division says it received a report from the ...
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