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April 10, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On April 9, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) started work on N3 seawall in Henoko, part of construction for a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station.
N3 is the final section needed to enclose one area on the south side of Cape Henoko, into which soil will be deposited following enclosure.
The same day at a meeting of the Environmental Oversight Committee, the ODB made an announcement in regard to a colony of scarce...
March 30, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
A 1985 agreement between the U.S. and Japanese governments gives civilian aircraft permission to enter U.S. military training airspace around Iejima at an altitude above 5000 feet (1524 meters). However on March 29 this year, the Marine...
March 29, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – The U.S. military announced that the CV-22 Osprey scheduled to deploy...
March 26, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro and Ryota Nakamura
Over the past two years U.S. military training airspace around Okinawa has greatly expanded, restricting the navigation of civilian aircraft.
The U.S. military added...
March 25, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
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March 21, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Tokyo – Regarding the 2016 murder of a woman attached to a U.S. military base,...
March 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
Governor of Okinawa Takeshi Onaga arrived in San Francisco, California on March 11 (local time).
There, he had an interview with Peter Galvin and Miyoko Sakashita of the Center...
March 9, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Regarding the fall of a machine part from an F-15 combat plane from the U.S. Kadena air force base, it was revealed on March 8 that it took six days for the headquarters of the 18th Air Wing to acknowledge the accident after it had occurred.
Chief...
March 7, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ikue Nakaima
A report by the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) obtained March 6, detailing the results of a geological survey conducted on the undersea portion of the area designated for new base construction in Henoko, Nago, clearly...
March 6, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
The U.S. Congress established the Congressional Commission on U.S. Strategic Posture, chaired by former Secretary of Defense William Perry. This Commission was tasked with developing the former Obama administration’s...
February 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On February 21, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously adopted a written statement and protest resolution requesting the immediate closure of Futenma Air Station.
These were adopted in response to a Futenma Air Station...