May 29, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
On May 28, Lieutenant General Lawrence Nicholson, Okinawa Area Coordinator for the U.S. military and the top official of the U.S. forces in Okinawa, spoke to Governor Takeshi Onaga by telephone. Lieutenant General Nicholson announced to Governor Onaga that in the wake of the arrest of a U.S. military employee for disposing of a woman’s body, the U.S. military in Okinawa have implemented new measures banning late-night excursions and alcohol consumption off base....
May 23, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the recent arrest of a U.S. military employee on suspicion of disposing of a woman’s body, “All Okinawa Kaigi”, a community organization that aims to prevent the construction of a new base in Henoko, held an emergency meeting on May 22. The organization’s...
May 28, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sakae Toiyama in Washington, D.C.
On May 26, in Washington, D.C., ‘CODEPINK’, a women’s group seeking peace and social justice, held a protest after an Okinawa woman was allegedly murdered by a U.S. civilian base worker, who is a former...
May 29, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Sakae Toiyama in Washington, D.C.
On May 26, Arizona-based environmental organization the Center for Biological Diversity issued a statement against the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko in Nago, where the governments of Japan and the United States...
May 26, 2016 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
On the evening of May 25, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with United States President Obama in Shima of Mie Prefecture and held a joint press conference. Regarding the recent incident of a woman’s body being disposed of by a U.S. military...
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