November 9, 2017Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Defense Bureau executed a service agreement in 2015-2016 for on-sea security to support the construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko using a cost estimate by a private contractor that was roughly twice the “public works design labor unit price”...
November 9, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 8, the Ministry of Defense made an announcement regarding Osprey accident rates after receiving information from the U.S. As of end of September, the class A accident rate of the 100-thousand hours of fly time made by the...
November 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 6, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) undertook construction of two new seawalls related to construction of a replacement facility for Futenma Air Station at the planned site in Henoko, Nago...
November 1, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
It came to light on October 31 that the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Self-Defense Forces (SDF) are considering Camp Hansen in Okinawa as a potential place to deploy the Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (ARDB), a unit of the Ground...
October 28, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 26, Former Prime Minister and East Asian Community Institute (EACI) Chairman Yukio Hatoyama, Ryukoku University Professor Yasukatsu Matsushima from the Association of Comprehensive Studies for Independence of the Lew Chewans...
October 17, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 26, the Ministry of Defense confirmed it will resume U.S. military aircraft flights and presented an opinion on the recent accident involving a U.S. military helicopter making a crash landing and catching fire in Takae, Higashi...
October 26, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha reporting
On June 19, 1959, a Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile equipped with a nuclear warhead at US-controlled Naha Air Base was accidentally ignited and fired due...
October 26, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Washington Special Correspondent Yukio Zaha reporting
Fifty-eight years ago on June 19, a sunny Friday morning, a Nike Hercules surface-to-air missile equipped with a nuclear warhead was fired accidentially from...
October 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ikue Nakaima
It was discovered on October 24 that there exists an active fault line in the undersea section of the construction zone for the Henoko Base in Nago.
In the “Map of the undersea section” figure, part...
October 25, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 24, the 18th Wing at U.S. Kadena Air Base announced that it will deploy at least 12 F-35A stealth fighters to the base in November for half a year.
According to local municipalities, two aircraft are...
October 23, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The 48th Lower House elections were held on October 22, and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) were able to independently win more than the 233 seats needed for a majority in the 465-seat Parliamentary house, and decided to continue...
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