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 crashed off the eastern coast of Australia on August 5. Onaga said that such accidents are bound to happen, putting it down to the Osprey being an awful aircraft.
Accidents like this have happened...
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...
July 12, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The All Okinawa Council, which stands against the new Henoko military base held a press conference on July 11 in Naha City to announce its plans for a rally for Okinawan people on August 12. The number of participants is anticipated to be around 30,000 people.
The...
July 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On July 13, the Anti-Helicopter Base Council Diving Team Rainbow surveyed the coral reef at the bottom of the ocean near the tip of the K9 seawall. This is in response to the new base construction in Henoko, Nago City, or the relocation of the Futenma Air Station....
July 11, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
At about 2:40 p.m. on July 11, a U.S. Marine MV-22 Osprey aircraft landed and took off from N1 and H helipads, recently built in the Northern Training Area in Higashi and Kunigami villages.
It is the first time the N1 and H helipads have been used for training....
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