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Okinawa marks 53rd anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 53rd anniversary of Okinawa’s reversion to the Japanese administration in 1972. According to published figures, the Japa...Read More
Futenma base foes gird for battle [Politics]
Opponents of the plan for relocating Futenma Marine Corps Air Station from Ginowan City to the Henoko district of northern Okinawa’s Nago C...Read More
Oliver Stone visiting Okinawa to discuss… [Politics]
American director, producer and screenwriter will be joining a former Okinawa governor and two other panelists on Wednesday, August 14th, to...Read More
Nakaima poised to make decision on landfill plan change [Politics]
Outgoing Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima is planning to make the decision on a requested change in the construction plan of the landfill work for the new runways off Henoko befor...
Eleven from Okinawa to vie for Diet seats [Politics]
As the Prime Minister dissolved the Lower House of the Japanese Parliament or Diet, Friday, the public announcement of the elections for the new Lower House will take place a week ...
Onaga rolls to gubernatorial victory; now… what’s his plan? [Politics]
Takeshi Onaga, the former mayor of Okinawa Prefecture’s capital city Naha, rolled to a decisive election victory in the race to be the new governor. Onaga, who served 14 years as m...
Prime Minister dissolves Diet’s Lower House [Politics]
Prime Minister Shizo Abe is set to dissolve the current Lower House of the Diet and announce new elections tomorrow, a move political observers say will strengthen his power, while...
Shiroma wins Naha Mayor’s seat on Onaga’s coat tails [Politics]
Following the resignation of former Naha City Mayor Takeshi Onaga, the election of a new Naha City Mayor took place on Sunday, the same day as the prefecture’s gubernatorial electi...
Onaga to become next Okinawa governor [Politics]
Barely an hour after the polls closed, former Naha Mayor Takashi Onaga was all but certain to win the Okinawa gubernatorial election. Onaga’s victory is sure to spell trouble to th...
Okinawa residents go to polls to elect governor [Politics]
The Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial election started this morning at 7 a.m. and the polls close at 8 p.m. According to the Prefectural Election Administration Commission, 31.39 pe...
Naha City mayoral election campaign under way [Politics]
The start of the campaigning in the Naha City Mayoral Election on Nov. 16th was officially announced Sunday. In the election, 63-year-old former Vice Mayor Mikiko Shiroma will face...
2014.11.06
Clock ticking to Nov. 16th gubernatorial election [Politics]
By Bill Charles Will Okinawans endorse continued economic development while approving relocation of the contentious Futenma Marine Corps Air Station from downtown Ginowan City when...
Gov. Nakaima’s sets policies for gubernatorial election [Politics]
Incumbent Okinawa Governor HIrokazu Nakaima held a press meeting at a hotel in Naha, Saturday, to explain his platform in the upcoming Nov. 16 gubernatorial election, in which he s...
Takeshi Onaga spells out his campaign pledges [Politics]
Former Naha City Mayor Takeshi Onaga who is currently campaigning for the Prefecture governor’s seat made public his campaign pledges at a meeting in a hotel in Naha. The gubernato...
Onaga vows to block Futenma transfer at any cost if elected [Politics]
Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga said Tuesday he will do “whatever it takes” to block the planned transfer of the MCAS Futenma to the new site off Henoko. He made the promise at a ...
Incumbent retains seat in Tomigusuku mayoral election [Politics]
The Tomigusuku City mayoral election had to be postponed by one week due to typhoon Vongfong, and the voting took place yesterday with the ballots counted on the same day. The incu...
Kina refuses to quit governor race even if booted from party [Politics]
Former Upper House lawmaker and well-known Okinawan musician Shokichi Kina is stead-fast in his determination to run for Okinawa governor’s seat despite the Democratic Party of Jap...
LDP picks Kanetoshi Yoseda for Naha mayoral election [Politics]
The Naha Mayoral Selection Committee of the LDP Okinawa Chapter held a meeting in Naha, Oct. 7th, and unanimously decided to field Kanetoshi Yoseda, a lawyer and former vice govern...
New Uruma City Assembly elected on Sunday [Politics]
Uruma City Assembly Election took place Oct. 5th, and the votes were counted on the same day. In the election, the number of seats in the City Assembly had been reduced to 30 for t...
Sunday Tomigusuku Mayor Election campaign starts [Politics]
Tomigusuku City announced its official mayoral election campaign starting notice, Monday. The election will be held upon the expiration of the term of the current mayor this Sunday...
Oct. 5 Uruma City Assembly election campaign begins [Politics]
The start of official campaign for the Uruma City Assembly election was announced on Sep. 28th. In the election, 35 candidates vie for 30 seats. The election day is October 5th an...
Masatoshi Onaga declines to run for Naha Mayor [Politics]
One of the leading candidates in the upcoming Naha City Mayoral election, Masatoshi Onaga, the Prefecture Assembly Deputy Chairman and Vice President of the LDP Okinawa Chapter, to...
Mikio Shimoji presents his Okinawa vision for Governor race [Politics]
Mikio Shimoji, who has declared his candidacy in the November gubernatorial election, and is the former Minister in Charge of Privatizing the Postal Service, held a press conferenc...
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