February 7, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 6, it came to the Ryukyu Shimpo’s attention that the thickest layer of soft ground at the construction site for the Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) in Oura Bay reaches a depth of about 90 meters below sea level. This strip requires large-scale ground improvement work as part of construction of the FRF. Up to this point it was believed that the thickest layer reached about 70 meters below sea level, but the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) found...
January 29, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
In a policy speech at the National Diet on January 28, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe once again stated his intention to move forward with the relocation of Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago City. He said, “After more than twenty years of discussions with Okinawa’s...
February 1, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
On January 31, it came to light that the Japanese government is considering using approximately 60,000 sand pillars at a depth 70 meters under the water of Oura Bay as the soil improvement method on a 57-hectare area of soft seafloor in the land reclamation area...
January 24, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki held his first meeting with the U.S. military’s top commander in Okinawa, Okinawa Area Coordinator Lieutenant General Eric Smith.
At the meeting, the governor told the OAC that regarding the over-burdening...
January 23, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) stated its perspective that as part of construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility in Henoko, even without transplanting coral, construction of the seawalls on the Oura Bay side of Cape Henoko will...
January 22, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
It was learned January 21 that the Japanese government is looking to being with a revised construction plan this spring, with an eye towards improving the soft foundation of the undersea area where land reclamation is taking place as...
January 8, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a false claim about the land reclamation work in Henoko Bay, part of the relocation of MCAS Futenma (located in Ginowan, Okinawa) to the Henoko area of Nago, while on a political discussion show this past Sunday, January 6. The prime...
December 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 21, it came to light that construction of the seawalls on the Oura Bay side of Cape Henoko, planned for FY2018, is to be postponed to FY2020 or beyond.
Building the seawalls is part of construction of the Futenma...
December 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
On December 19 former U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, who worked as the chief of staff to U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell during George W. Bush’s administration, had an interview with the...
December 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 20 the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (chaired by Yonekichi Shinzato) held the final meeting of its November plenary session. At this meeting, the Assembly adopted a position statement through a majority vote, carried by the prefectural ruling coalition....
December 1, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Special correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reports from Washington DC
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