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Okinawa marks 51st anniversary of revers… [Politics]
May 15th marked the 51st 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
2013.09.28
Prime Minister ponders dealing with planned tax hike [Politics]
Japan’s Prime Minister is hinting he’s planning to take another look at what to do with the feasibility of hiking the consumption tax to 10% starting in October 2015. The Liberal D...
2013.08.10
Oliver Stone visiting Okinawa to discuss U.S. base issue [Politics]
American director, producer and screenwriter will be joining a former Okinawa governor and two other panelists on Wednesday, August 14th, to discuss U.S. military base issues on Ok...
2013.08.09
Prime Minister to stick with sales tax increase [Politics]
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears determined now to press ahead with plans to raise Japan’s sales tax as scheduled, in hopes of making crucial repairs to the nation’s finances. Abe...
2013.07.25
Gima scrapes enough votes to win seat in House of Councilors [Politics]
Mitsuo Gima, the 69-year-old former Urasoe City mayor was elected to the House of Councilors through the proportional representation lists. Gima was elected to the City Council of ...
2013.07.25
House of Councilors winners divided on Futenma move [Politics]
The two Okinawa winners in the House of Councillors election are at opposite ends of the spectrum on relocating Futenma Marine Corps Air Station to a sparsely populated area in nor...
2013.07.25
The big question: What’s next for Abe? [Politics]
Economic revitalization is a key task that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe needs to address after his Liberal Democratic Party enjoyed a sweeping victory in the House of Council...
Ruling bloc takes control of Upper House [Politics]
Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party achieved a big win in the House of Councilors election Sunday, helping end years of divided parliament that has kept the country’...
Japan voters head to polls on Sunday [Politics]
Sunday promises to be a big day for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as he keeps a watchful eye on voters turning out for the House of Councilors election, wanting to believe he’s going ...
Okinawa gears up for upper house elections Sunday [Politics]
Everyone’s on the campaign stump in anticipation of Sunday’s Upper House elections, and that includes Japan’s Prime Minister. Shinzo Abe has been in Okinawa campaigning since Tuesd...
2013.07.12
China, North Korea worrisome to Japanese interests [Politics]
Concerns about China’s repeated incursions into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, and North Korea’s belligerent actions with threats of ...
Okinawa Assembly protests F-15 crash with resolution [Politics]
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly has put its two cents into the post-crash dissection of what happened with a U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter that crashed into the Pacific Ocean last m...
Osaka governor considers allowing Ospreys to fly [Politics]
Osaka Governor Ichiro Matsui is considering allowing part of training flights by the U.S. Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey aircraft to be conducted in the western Japan prefecture....
Chinese general says Okinawa sovereignty not questioned [Politics]
A Chinese military leader is insisting recent Chinese media commentaries that disputed Japan’s sovereignty over Okinawa Prefecture are views of scholars and do not represent ...
China Researcher wants Reason for Okinawa Sovereignty [Politics]
Li Guoqiang, a researcher who has attracted controversy by arguing that the sovereignty of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture remains unsettled, has called on the Japanese government...
Hashimoto re-explains his “sex and Okinawa GI’s” thoughts [Politics]
Hammered by the media and constituents for his stance on Japan’s wartime “comfort women” and another firestorm over suggesting American GI’s should use Japanese brothels to relieve...
LDP can’t get Okinawa chapter support [Politics]
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its local chapter in Okinawa Prefecture are at odds over how the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma base should be handled i...
LDP can’t get Okinawa chapter support [Politics]
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its local chapter in Okinawa Prefecture are at odds over how the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futenma base should be handled i...
House Councilors election candidates come forward [Politics]
Three hopefuls are announced to start their campaigns to compete for the single seat that Okinawa has available in the next House of Councilors or Upper House of the Diet election ...
U.S. recognizes Japan sovereignty over Okinawa [Politics]
The United States recognizes Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa, a Department of State spokesman said Thursday. Patrick Ventrell, the department’s acting deputy spokesman, mad...
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