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IWAKUNI

Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Jun 25, 2016
Okinawa base trouble puts dark cloud over upcoming Buffaloes-Eagles series
This week, the annual two-game series where a couple of Japanese pro ballclubs travel to play at Naha's Okinawa Cellular Stadium will take place. The Pacific League's Orix Buffaloes and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are scheduled to play there Tuesday and Wednesday. Normally, U.S. military personnel stationed in Okinawa would be part of the crowds — but it may be different this time.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 26, 2016
U.S. Ospreys getting positive PR in Japan quake relief role
The U.S. military's MV-22 Osprey aircraft has been a lightning rod for opposition to U.S. bases in Japan since 24 of them were deployed to Okinawa in 2014.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 25, 2016
Iwakuni mayor re-elected, beating U.S. base foe
Yoshihiko Fukuda has won a third term as mayor of Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, beating a challenger who opposed plans to boost operations at a U.S. military base in the area.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 15, 2015
Court orders state to pay damages for noise at Iwakuni base but does not ban flights
The Yamaguchi District Court on Thursday ordered the state to pay noise pollution damages to residents around a U.S. air base in Yamaguchi Prefecture but rejected calls to suspend joint flights.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2014
Iwakuni election unlikely to alter planned transfer of U.S. aircraft to base
Opponents of the planned transfer of carrier-based aircraft to the U.S. Iwakuni base remained a minority in Sunday's assembly election in the city in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Aug 30, 2014
Kintaikyo: A bridge reincarnated over troubled waters
Below the bridge, flat-bottomed boats are ferrying people across the Nishiki River, just as they did centuries ago — back when commoners were not permitted to walk over its wooden arches, and even centuries before that, when there was no bridge at all. The long wooden craft glide with hypnotic languor as boatmen punt them across the water.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2014
Ospreys fly to Atsugi base again en route to training
Four MV-22 Osprey aircraft flew on Monday to the Atsugi air base, which is jointly used by the U.S. Navy and the Maritime Self-Defense Force, in Kanagawa Prefecture for the third time amid local protests.
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JAPAN
Dec 16, 2013
Yamaguchi gives nod to hosting KC-130 fleet on Okinawa
Yamaguchi Prefecture officially tells Tokyo it will let the U.S. Marine Corps transfer KC-130 refueling tankers from Futenma air base to Iwakuni to lighten the load on Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2013
U.S. resumes Osprey transfers to Futenma base
The U.S. Marines resume transferring MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture, to Okinawa, triggering criticism a week after a fatal U.S. Air Force chopper crash in the prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 10, 2013
U.S. plans resumption of Osprey transfers to Okinawa
The U.S. military aims to resume transferring MV-22 Osprey aircraft to Okinawa, after the fatal crash of a U.S. Air Force helicopter saw the shipments briefly suspended.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2013
Two more Ospreys arrive at Futenma
The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa said two more Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft arrived Saturday at the Futenma base from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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JAPAN
Jul 30, 2013
Yokota said candidate for Ospreys
Gen. Herbert Carlisle, commander of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, indicated Monday that besides the Kadena base in Okinawa, Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo is a possible candidate site to host CV-22 Osprey transport aircraft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 31, 2013
Another 12 Ospreys headed to Japan in July, bound for Futenma
Japan and the United States are arranging to ship a second batch of 12 MV-22 Osprey aircraft in July, likely to a Marine Corps base in the Chugoku region before their deployment in Okinawa, sources close to bilateral relations revealed Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2013
Worrisome Osprey training flights
The U.S. Marine Corps begins training flights for its tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft in western Japan, but not without making a sudden flight-route change.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In first month of operations, ride-hailing services used more than taxis in Tokyo
As of last Sunday, ride-hailing services, which use personal vehicles to offer paid rides, had been used a total of 12,628 times in five areas.
Tech giants start to treat Southeast Asia like the next big thing
Attendees arrive for Microsoft's event on AI technologies in Jakarta on April 30.
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.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.
Japan’s tween skateboarders get head start on preparations for 2028 Olympics
Ibuki Matsumoto competes at an event in Osaka on April 21.

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