August 17, 2017Ryukyu Shimpo
A delegation of the All-Okinawa Kaigi (All-Okinawa Coalition) departed from Naha for the United States to raise awareness about the current situation regarding the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago.
It is the second time the All-Okinawa Kaigi has sent a delegation to the U.S.
The head of the delegation and an Upper House member Yoichi Iha said, “We want to tell people about a situation in which Okinawa...
August 13, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 12, The All Okinawa Kaigi (All Okinawa Coalition) held a mass rally to support Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga and resist the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago, at Onoyama Athletic Stadium, Naha.
The rally called for the cancellation...
August 10 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The U.S. Air Force began to conduct a night time parachute drop training within the sea of the Tsukenjima Training Area, Uruma City, at around 8 p.m. on August 9.
The Okinawa Prefectural Government and Uruma City Office urged the U.S. military to cancel the...
August 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On the morning of August 7, Governor Takeshi Onaga was approached by a group of reporters on his way to work. He answered their inquiries concerning the MV-22 Osprey vertical takeoff and landing aircraft from Futenma Air Station that...
August 4, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
According to the number counted weekly at 23 medical institutions in Okinawa, the number of heat stroke patients from July 16 to 22 (the 8th week of summer) was 119, and in the weekly summary, it was the highest in the past ten years.
The number from July...
July 26, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Representatives from the Shirohara district in Ginoza village visited the Okinawa Defense Bureau to request immediate suspension of hang-training and removal of the landing areas for helicopters, also known as Falcon, around the community.
The district chief,...
July 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
Fifty-seven-year-old businessman William Hagerty will be taking the post of U.S. Ambassador to Japan under the Trump administration.
On July 28 Hagerty spoke in regards the standoff between the...
August 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa – Okinawa City Mayor Sachio Kuwae visited the U.S. Air Force’s 18th Mission Support...
August 3, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
(Tokyo) On August 2, the liaison council of governors primarily involved in public affairs, comprising the governors of the fifteen prefectures where U.S. military bases are located and chaired by Kanagawa Governor Yuji Kuroiwa, held a regular general meeting at...
August 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On August 1, at a hotel in Ginowan, the Japanese government and Ginowan City held a land return ceremony. The United States government returned about four hectares, a part of land which is located on the east side of the U.S. Marine Corp Air Station Futenma (about...
July 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawan government filed a lawsuit in the Naha District Court against the Japanese federal government July 24, to prevent the destruction of rock on the seabed off the coast of Henoko in Nago as part of the new U.S. base construction. The prefectural government...
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