April 18, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Onaga met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on April 17 at the Prime Minister’s Office in Tokyo. Onaga asked Abe to cancel the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to Henoko, Nago. He showed his strong opposition to the construction of the new base in Henoko. He said to the prime minister, “I will absolutely not allow the building of a new base,” and asked the prime minister to convey his message to President...
April 9, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Grass roots organizations are springing up in municipalities across Okinawa to oppose the construction of a new U.S. base at Henoko.
In Chatan about 160 people, including residents and town council members, got together to form the Chatan Town Citizen’s...
April 10, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A new fund has been established to prevent the construction of a new U.S. base in northern Okinawa. The governments of Japan and the United States are planning to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station from Futenma in Ginowan to a new base in Nago. The “Henoko...
April 8, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The U.S. Defense Secretary has reiterated his support for relocating Futenma base to Henoko. Ashton Carter made the comments during a meeting with Defense Minister Gen Nakatani in Tokyo on April 8.
Nakatani began the meeting by saying, “The Japanese...
April 2, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Island-Wide Council (Shimagurumikaigi) is to set up a fund as part of its campaign against the new U.S. base in Henoko. The money will be used to spread the message that public opinion in Okinawa opposes the Henoko relocation. The fund will help raise awareness...
April 6, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
A protest by 84 people, including members of Japan’s national parliament, took place in front of the gate at U.S. Marine Camp Schwab on April 4. The protesters called for a halt to the construction of a new base. The demonstration was organized by the Committee...
April 6, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga have held a stormy meeting at a Naha hotel. Suga said, “Giving up Henoko relocation could lead to Futenma Air Station becoming a permanent fixture. Based on applicable laws and regulations...
April 1, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
On March 31, the U.S. military returned to Japan a 51-hectare housing area at Camp Zukeran (West Futenma Housing area) in Ginowan. This is part of a 2013 agreement between the governments of the two countries to reduce the U.S. military presence south of Kadena airbase....
March 29, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
About 100 members of Okinawa’s local municipal assemblies and the Diet have set up an organization to work towards blocking construction of a new U.S. base in Henoko, Nago. They have agreed to work together to stop the Futenma relocation plan.
They are...
March 26, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Zenzi Nina, the head of the Teima district of Nago, and Fujiko Matsuda, president of the Association of Residents of the Districts North of Futami Opposed to the Construction of a New Base at Henoko, Oura Bay, held a press conference at the correspondents club at...
March 31, 2015 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga urged the Okinawa Defense Bureau to halt offshore construction activity towards the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the Henoko district of Nago. This includes an order to stop the marine boring survey. However,...
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