November 27, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 27, Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine submitted his written statement of opinion to Deputy Governor Yoshihisa Kawakami on the Henoko landfill application received from the Defense Ministry. The mayor opposes the landfill and has asked Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima to reject the application. The Defense Ministry has presented the landfill application to build the alternative base for U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma in Henoko, Nago to the Okinawa governor.
The...
November 30, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima met U.S. Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy for the first time on November 29 in Tokyo. The governor asked the U.S. Ambassador to resolve the Okinawa base issue, saying, “People feel that there is an undue burden of bases...
November 21, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have put pressure on their Okinawa branch to accept the plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station to Henoko in Nago. Referring to this at a press conference on November 20, Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga...
November 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 7, the Nago City Office revealed that 99 percent of 2,500 public comments they had received...
November 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 8, the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) sent a further 73 questions (20 items) to...
November 8, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 7, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force 4th Surface-to-Surface Missile Regiment (90 personnel)...
October 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Diplomatic documents declassified on October 30 revealed that at his meeting with President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Washington, D.C., on June 1957, then Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi was to request that administrative rights over Okinawa to be returned to Japan...
October 12, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 11, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly unanimously adopted a written statement of opinion seeking a peaceful resolution to the matter of Chinese Coast Guard ships repeatedly intruding into Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands. The assembly...
Ocotber 9, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima met Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera in Naha in the afternoon of October 8.
Nakaima said, “I cannot understand why the U.S. and Japanese governments claim that the plan...
September 27, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly began questioning the Okinawa Prefectural Government on September 26 for the September round of regular meetings. Four people asked questions on the first day. Governor Hirokazu Nakaima stated that he will decide in December...
September 26, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
The U.S. Marine Corps has completed moving 12 another MV-22 Osprey aircraft from Iwakuni Air Station to Okinawa. The last aircraft arrived at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the evening of September 25. The U.S. military has now stationed 24 Osprey...
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