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Okinawa protesters mark a year since landfill work began for Futenma relocation plan

National Dec 14, 2019

Okinawa protesters mark a year since landfill work began for Futenma relocation plan

A protest took place in Okinawan waters Saturday near the planned new home of a contentious U.S. airbase in the prefecture, marking a year since full-blown landfill work began. "We'll never give up, let's keep going," the protesters yelled in chorus while paddling some 30 ...

With a population under a dozen, Okinawa dugongs labeled 'critically endangered' by IUCN

National / Science & Health Dec 12, 2019

With a population under a dozen, Okinawa dugongs labeled 'critically endangered' by IUCN

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated its Red List of Threatened Species, moving the dugong that dwell in waters off Okinawa Prefecture to the critically endangered category and putting it a step away from extinction. The organization warned that the number of ...

Former PM Hatoyama regrets reneging on pledge to move Futenma airbase out of Okinawa

National / Politics Sep 5, 2019

Former PM Hatoyama regrets reneging on pledge to move Futenma airbase out of Okinawa

Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama says it was a "big mistake" to abandon his pledge to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma out of Okinawa. Hatoyama became prime minister in September 2009, after the now-defunct Democratic Party of Japan scored a landslide victory in ...

Okinawa files another lawsuit over U.S. base landfill work

National / Crime & Legal Jul 17, 2019

Okinawa files another lawsuit over U.S. base landfill work

The Okinawa Prefectural Government on Wednesday filed another lawsuit against the central government as it seeks to halt the ongoing landfill work for the relocation of a U.S. air base within the prefecture. In the lawsuit filed with the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High ...

Okinawa to sue Japanese government again over Futenma base landfill work

National / Politics Jul 12, 2019

Okinawa to sue Japanese government again over Futenma base landfill work

The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly approved on Thursday a bill to launch an appeal against the central government over landfill work needed for the relocation of a U.S. base in the prefecture. The suit will call for the reversal of land minister Keiichi Ishii's decision to ...

Japan takes step to accelerate landfill work at planned Henoko base site

National Jun 12, 2019

Japan takes step to accelerate landfill work at planned Henoko base site

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki on Wednesday urged the central government to immediately stop landfill work as part of land reclamation at a planned U.S. base site in the Henoko coastal area of Okinawa Prefecture, after it took a step to accelerate the work the ...

As Okinawa marks 47 years since reversion to Japan, protesters call for reduced U.S. base burden

National May 17, 2019

As Okinawa marks 47 years since reversion to Japan, protesters call for reduced U.S. base burden

Protesters marched in Okinawa on Friday calling for a reduction in the burden faced by the prefecture that hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan. Okinawa this week marked the 47th anniversary of its reversion to Japan from U.S. control amid ongoing controversy ...

Younger Okinawans' view of U.S. bases isn't black and white

Commentary / Japan May 7, 2019

Younger Okinawans' view of U.S. bases isn't black and white

by Charles E. Morrison

Widespread opposition to the base-relocation project off on the Henoko coast doesn't translate into a desire to eject the U.S. military presence in Okinawa as a whole.

An Okinawa conference, 50 years later

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.

LDP battling pro-merger and anti-base headwinds in Osaka and Okinawa by-election campaigns

National / Politics Apr 9, 2019

LDP battling pro-merger and anti-base headwinds in Osaka and Okinawa by-election campaigns

Official campaigning began Tuesday for key Lower House by-elections in Osaka and Okinawa prefectures in what is seen as a prelude to the Upper House election this summer. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is competing with opposition candidates seeking to streamline administrations ...

Japan's land minister voids Okinawa's move to halt construction of U.S. base at Henoko

National Apr 5, 2019

Japan's land minister voids Okinawa's move to halt construction of U.S. base at Henoko

Land minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday that he has decided to nullify a move by the Okinawa Prefectural Government aimed at halting reclamation work for a planned U.S. base off the Henoko district in Nago. Last August, the prefectural government canceled the landfill approval made ...

Land reclamation in Okinawa enters next stage at Henoko relocation site for U.S. Futenma base

National / Politics Mar 25, 2019

Land reclamation in Okinawa enters next stage at Henoko relocation site for U.S. Futenma base

The government began to perform the next stage of land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture on Monday, as part of a project to build a replacement facility for a contentious U.S. air base in the prefecture despite local opposition. The work to pour soil and ...

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