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December 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Following the accident in which a window frame fell off a U.S. helicopter and the grounds of Futenma Daini Elementary School in Ginowan City, on the afternoon of December 14, Governor Takeshi Onaga visited Minister of Defense Tomohiro Yamamoto. Governor Onaga went over the series of crashes and accidents of U.S. military aircrafts in the last year and directly appealed to the Minister to suspend flights for all U.S....
December 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On December 13, an object reflecting white light was visible falling from the sky.
With a crashing sound a cloud of dust whirled about and U.S. military helicopter fragments flew into the air.
A window from this aircraft...
December 14, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A window from a CH-53 helicopter flying out of MCAS Futenma, measuring 90 sq....
December 7, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
On...
December 11, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Shimabukuro
In the decade spanning 2007 through 2016, the average indictment rate for people associated with the U.S. military (including military personnel, military contractors, and family...
December 8, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
A plastic canister landed on the metal roof of the Futenma Baptist Church’s Midorigaoka Nursery School in Nodake, Ginowan, around 10:20 a.m. on December 7.
No people were injured. Right around the time of the dropped tube, a U.S. military...
December 2, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
Kenneth Franklin Shinzato (formerly Gadson) was given a life...
November 30, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo online edition
On November 30, the plaintiffs in the dugong lawsuit against the U.S. came to i
nspect Henoko.
This lawsuit is aimed at stopping construction of the Futenma Air Station replacement facility,...
December 1, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
The Naha branch of the Fukuoka High Court handed down an appeal...
November 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo
With the Okinawa Prefecture deciding to revoke the permit to treat industrial waste for the Kurashikikankyo Co. Ltd. in Okinawa City, which manages most of the U.S. military base waste, the bases are facing a waste treatment problem.
The...
November 24, 2017 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
The closing arguments and sentencing recommendations for the 33-year old ex-Marine accused of murder and rape resulting in death of an Okinawan woman back in April while working as a civilian on a U.S. military base...