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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 20, 2022
Lessons for the LDP from Okinawa's gubernatorial election
The LDP had better get its house in order if it wants to even begin to reverse the trend of opposition-supported candidates winning office in Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2022
Anti-U.S. base incumbent Gov. Denny Tamaki wins Okinawa vote
The latest verdict on the Futenma relocation plan comes after the prefecture rejected the transfer in gubernatorial elections in 2014 and 2018 as well as a referendum in 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2022
Okinawa voters go to polls to decide the island prefecture's next governor
Pre-election polls in Okinawa's gubernatorial race showed incumbent Denny Tamaki, supported by opposition parties, was leading the race going into Sunday's vote.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2022
Okinawa gubernatorial race begins with U.S. base issue in focus
Candidates backed by the ruling and opposition parties set to clash over the contentious relocation of a key U.S. Marine Corps base within the southern island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2022
Futenma base biggest issue in Okinawa governor race
The Japanese government is working to move the Futenma base, now in a congested area in Ginowan, to the Henoko coastal district in the city of Nago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 12, 2022
Okinawa governor announces re-election bid
Denny Tamaki made clear at a news conference his continued opposition to the controversial relocation of Air Station Futenma within the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 14, 2022
Okinawa stages peace march ahead of 50th anniversary of return to Japan
Under rainy skies, many participants were seen wearing headbands with the message 'Okinawa without bases,' a dream shared by residents when the prefecture was returned to Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2022
Okinawa urges Kishida to scrap plan to move U.S. base before key anniversary
The long-stalled plan to move the base has met strong opposition from a majority of Okinawa residents who want the base to be moved outside the prefecture entirely.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 5, 2022
Nearly 80% of Japanese think Okinawa's base-hosting burden unfair
The nationwide poll found that 58% of respondents supported transferring some of the U.S. military facilities outside of the prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 28, 2022
Japan's Lower House urges government to ease Okinawa's base-hosting burden
The move comes just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japanese rule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Jan 24, 2022
Nago election result a boost for ruling coalition and a blow to anti-base movement
The loss of the Nago mayoral candidate opposed to the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city spells trouble for Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2022
In Okinawa, Nago mayor defeats anti-U.S. base transfer rival
The result will come as a relief to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is pushing for the relocation of the Futenma U.S. military base to the city's Henoko coastal area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 13, 2022
Okinawa's busy political year set to have major impact on national security
Voters in Nago go to the polls Jan. 23 to choose a mayor in the first of a series of elections that could shape the prefecture's relationship with Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2021
Okinawa development budget to be smallest in a decade as base row persists
Government officials have suggested that the real reason behind the cut is related to the prefectural government's stiff opposition to relocating a key U.S. air base within the prefecture.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 3, 2021
Futenma replacement base will be obsolete before it's finished
The base's design was so politically constrained to mitigate local opposition that the design constraints will severely limit its flexibility to meet military needs.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 28, 2021
Japan aware of sinking ground ahead of U.S. base landfill work in Okinawa
The central government was aware of the weak seabed at the planned Futenma relocation site in 2015, three years before work got underway.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2021
Japan protests after U.S. Marines dump toxic water in Okinawa sewer
The government has filed a strong protest with U.S. forces based in Okinawa Prefecture for dumping treated water containing dangerous chemicals into the local sewage system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2021
U.S. military helicopter makes emergency landing on Okinawan island
Five crew members belonging to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma were on board the UH-1 helicopter, which landed in a field due to engine trouble.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2021
Walter Mondale, former U.S. vice president and ambassador to Japan, dies at 93
Mondale's time in Japan was marked by tough negotiations over bilateral trade issues, especially those related to semiconductors and insurance.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2021
GSDF and U.S. reached secret deal in 2015 to station amphibious unit in Okinawa
Although the plan has been suspended due to the impasse over the relocation of a U.S. air base in the prefecture, the GSDF hasn't given up on the idea, sources say.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.

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