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HENOKO

JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2015
Onaga set to revoke approval for Futenma landfill work on Tuesday
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Tuesday will officially revoke approval for central government landfill work needed to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma further north in the prefecture, a senior prefectural official said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2015
Onaga takes base argument to U.N. human rights panel
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga tells a United Nations human rights body that the central government has closed its ears to local voices in the battle over U.S. military bases.
EDITORIALS
Sep 20, 2015
Onaga's challenge on Henoko
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga might lose the legal battle that's likely coming over his revocation of landfill approval for the Futenma replacement base, but Tokyo would be wise to consider the public sentiment behind his move.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2015
Legal battle over Futenma base relocation increasingly likely
The central government and the Okinawa Prefectural Government appear headed for a legal battle over the transfer of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, after the state restarted work Saturday to relocate the base within the prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2015
Discouraging end to Henoko talks
The lack of progress in talks between the national government and the Okinawan government over the Futenma relocation plan was unsurprising, given the Abe administration's unwillingness to pay heed to anti-base sentiment in Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Aug 31, 2015
No exit in sight from Futenma quagmire, where local resentment is deep
In early August, it appeared Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga might use his authority to cancel permission for the central government's landfill work on a U.S. facility in Henoko, where personnel from the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma are supposed to be relocated.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2015
Okinawa launches coral survey at Futenma replacement site
The Okinawa Prefectural Government began an underwater survey Monday to check the condition of coral reefs off the planned replacement site for the U.S. Futenma military base, which could result in revoking permission for drilling work if damage is confirmed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2015
Despite talks, government, Okinawa still far apart over Futenma base relocation
The national and Okinawa Prefectural Government failed again Saturday to narrow the gap in their positions over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture.
EDITORIALS
Aug 14, 2015
Okinawa hiatus must be productive
While work for the Futenma base replacement in Okinawa is suspended for a month, the Abe administration should not use the occasion as a mere political gesture and instead should listen sincerely to what Gov. Takeshi Onaga has to say.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2015
U.S. chopper may have touched ship's crane before crash landing
In a letter submitted to the local defense bureau, the Okinawa government said the accident will cause 'great concern to prefectural residents who have been forced to live alongside U.S. bases.'
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 7, 2015
Abe, Okinawa governor vow to promote mutual understanding on military base issue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga vowed Friday to promote mutual understanding on issues related to the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture through "intensive consultations" starting next week.
JAPAN
Aug 5, 2015
U.S. stands by Henoko plan despite move by Tokyo to suspend construction
The United States will continue to back plans to relocate the U.S. Marine base at Futenma to Henoko, both in Okinawa, despite the surprise decision by Tokyo to suspend construction for a month due to opposition in the prefecture over the project, a U.S. official in Washington said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 4, 2015
In surprise move, government to suspend Nago construction for one month
In a surprise move, the central government will suspend for one month all ongoing construction work related to building a replacement facility for U.S. Marines Air Station Futenma.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Jul 28, 2015
Henoko base eventually will be used by the SDF
Japan's Self-Defense Forces are drawing up a plan that would eventually turn the planned Henoko base in Okinawa into an SDF facility.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 17, 2015
Legal flaws in government's case on Henoko
The stage is set for a long, bitter, destabilizing battle between Okinawans and the national government over the construction of a new military facility in Henoko.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 16, 2015
Panel finds 'flaws' in Henoko landfill approval
As the Lower House passed controversial security bills Thursday designed to deepen Japan's military ties with the United States, Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga moved a step closer to halting work on a controversial new U.S. air base after an advisory panel found serious flaws in the approval process.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 30, 2015
Boring survey at Futenma relocation site extended
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said the government will extend by three months an offshore boring survey now under way at the replacement site for the Futenma military base in Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jun 27, 2015
Okinawa's lobbyist-in-chief scores a subtle win in Washington
Chie Mikami's new documentary, "Ikusabanu Todomi" (which loosely translates as "Bring the War to an End"), is about the protests against the new U.S. Marine Corps base in Henoko, Okinawa. Her previous film, "Hyoteki no Mura" ("The Targeted Village"), was about protests against the deployment of the controversial Osprey aircraft on the island.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 19, 2015
Onaga spells out anti-base stance in first talks with Kennedy
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Friday met with U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy in Tokyo and told her of his opposition to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa. It was Onaga's first meeting with the ambassador since he took office in December.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 10, 2015
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy may hold talks next week
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga is making arrangements to hold talks for the first time in Tokyo with U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy, possibly next week, a senior Okinawa prefectural official said Tuesday.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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