December 31, 2013 Ryukyu Shimpo
On around January 10, Susumu Matayoshi, the head of the Executive Office of the Governor, visited Washington to directly convey to U.S. government officials that the prefectural government would continue to demand the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station outside of Okinawa. Matayoshi intends to reassert the prefectural government’s position regarding the plan ahead of President Barack Obama’s inauguration for his second term on January...
December 27, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
While new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated that he will proceed with the plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko in Nago, Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima reiterated that he would seek the alternative facility for Futenma outside...
December 19, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 18, the Okinawa Defense Bureau submitted to the Okinawa Prefectural Government (OPG) the revised version of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) about the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Henoko in Nago. With this, the government...
December 8, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
In the morning of December 7, three of the 12 Osprey aircraft deployed to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan flew to Guam for training, arriving there that afternoon. This is the first time that the Osprey aircraft have participated in training conducted...
December 1, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 1, two months passed since the MV-22 Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft were deployed to Okinawa. According to investigations carried out by the Ryukyu Shimpo, the number of flights by the aircraft from Futenma Air Station in...
December 1 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 30, in a routine interview, Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima made reference to the assertion by top officials of the Liberal Democratic Party’s headquarters that they would construct the alternative facility for the relocation of Futenma Air...
November 17, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
Following the recent crimes committed by U.S. military personnel, including the member of the United States Army Air Force who trespassed and then assaulted a teenage boy, the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly held a special meeting on November 16 in which it unanimously...
November 9, 2012 Kenyu Uchima of Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 8, a spokesperson of the headquarters of the U.S. Forces Japan (UFJ) reported that the U.S. military does not currently confirm whether or not its personnel are abiding by a nighttime curfew. The UFJ has placed a curfew on all their...
November 6, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 5, U.S.-Japan biennial joint-bilateral field training exercise involving the Japanese Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and United States military started in Okinawa. Eight naval vessels, including three U.S. ships such as the Bonhomme Richard, a Wasp-class...
November 6, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 5, the executive committee of the protest rally against the Osprey deployment met to decide the schedule for the heads of the 41 municipalities in Okinawa to visit Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda in order to protest in person against the deployment of...
October 31, 2012 Ryukyu Shimpo
On October 30, the U.S. Marines in Okinawa conducted night flying training for two MV-22s from Futenma Air Station. The two Osprey vertical take-off and landing transport aircraft flew back to the base after 10:00pm. The noise-prevention agreement reached between...
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