Commentary / Japan Apr 19, 2019
An Okinawa conference, 50 years later
by Robert D. Eldridge.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki's effort to seize the initiative by calling for a new Okinawa conference should be embraced, or at least tried.
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National Mar 19, 2019
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki requests month of talks with Abe in bid to halt U.S. base transfer
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to engage in a one-month dialogue in his latest bid to halt the ongoing construction work to build a replacement facility for a key U.S. air base within the prefecture. Tamaki made the ...
National / Politics Mar 1, 2019
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki requests three-way talks with Tokyo and U.S. after Futenma 'no' vote
Following up on the decisive Okinawa referendum, the governor asks Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to launch trilateral talks with Washington to review the contentious relocation plan for Futenma air base.
National / Politics | ANALYSIS Feb 25, 2019
by Eric Johnston
“Now that the clear opposition of the Okinawa people has been conveyed, it’s up to individuals in the rest of Japan to consider our wishes,” an activist says.
Reference | Q&A Feb 24, 2019
Okinawa's referendum on relocating the U.S. Futenma base to Henoko: Why now and what's the point?
by Eric Johnston
On Sunday, Okinawa Prefecture's 41 cities, towns and villages held a referendum on whether to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan, in the central part of the main island, to a replacement facility being built beside Camp Schwab off the coast ...
National / Crime & Legal Feb 19, 2019
Dispute panel dismisses Okinawa complaint over legality of U.S. base relocation work at Henoko
A dispute resolution panel has rejected a complaint filed by the Okinawa governor over the central government's authorization in October of landfill work for the relocation of the Futenma air base within the prefecture. Calling the move "illegal," Gov. Denny Tamaki had urged the panel ...
National / Politics Feb 18, 2019
67% plan to vote against U.S. air base transfer within Okinawa, poll finds
Over 67 percent of Okinawa residents plan to vote against the central government's controversial plan to transfer a key U.S. air base within the prefecture, in the local referendum set for Feb. 24, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday. While the result of the referendum ...
National / Politics Jan 12, 2019
Okinawa governor says prefecture still intends to go ahead with Futenma referendum
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki clarifies his intention to hold a referendum over the relocation of a key U.S. military base within the prefecture on in late February as planned.
National / Politics | Regional Voices: Okinawa Jan 10, 2019
Mayor blasts Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki as Ginowan city abstains from vote on Henoko land reclamation
Amid long-standing political wrangling over construction of a new U.S. base in Okinawa, the mayor of the city of Ginowan in the prefecture has said the municipality will not participate in a prefectural referendum set to be held over reclamation of land in order ...
National / Politics Dec 16, 2018
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki calls government-sanctioned work on U.S. base relocation 'intolerable'
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Saturday showed his resolve to counter Tokyo's efforts to press ahead with a controversial U.S. military base relocation project in the prefecture. It was "intolerable" that the Japanese government on Friday started dumping soil into the landfill off the Henoko ...
National / Politics Dec 7, 2018
Tensions high in Okinawa as barges await orders to start filling in Henoko bay for U.S. base
by Reiji Yoshida
Tensions between the central government and Okinawa rose further on Friday as five vessels were moved into the sea near the Henoko district of Nago, in the north of the prefecture, a key step in the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base within ...