November 23, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Expansion work on the airstrip simulating an LHD deck, a flight deck of an amphibious assault ship, at Iejima Auxiliary Airfield was recently finished. The U.S. Marine Corps explained to Ie Village and the Okinawa Defense Bureau that Marine Corps F-35B vertical takeoff stealth fighter aircraft and CH-53 heavy-lift transport helicopters will begin training there in December. This is the first time that the U.S. has revealed which aircraft models will be used...
November 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo Digital Edition
On November 22, the Okinawa Defense Bureau (ODB) continued with carrying in the materials over land needed for the new base construction related to the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma Air Station to Henoko, Nago City. Since resuming transportation...
November 22, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Ryota Nakamura
Couples that come to Okinawa from abroad to submit their wedding registration and receive their wedding certificates in civil ceremonies referred to as “legal weddings” continues to increase and is taking hold on the island. In 2017,...
November 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Hanayo Oya reports for the Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 16 the International Conference Against U.S./NATO Military Bases commenced in Dublin, Ireland.
The conference is attended by around 230 people from roughly thirty countries and regions worldwide...
November 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
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November 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
Around 4:00 p.m. on November 15 in Ginowan City, a KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refuelling aircraft flew in to Futenma Air Station and spent about 30 minutes flying at low altitudes over the area around the base.
On the same day,...
November 16, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Washington Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
While visiting Washington, on November 14 (November 15 in Japan) Governor Denny Tamaki met with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Knapper and Acting Director for...
November 13, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
On the evening of November 11 in New York, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki delivered a speech at New York University (NYU) on his first visit to the United States since taking office.
He strongly...
November 14, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
By Special Correspondent Yukiyo Zaha
New York – As part of his first official trip to the United States in office, Governor Denny Tamaki met with United Nations Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu on the evening of November...
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