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MV 22 OSPREY

JAPAN
Feb 19, 2013
Rare Okinawa plants transplanted due to helipad projects perish: papers
Over 60 percent of rare plant species, including endangered ones, that were transplanted due to the construction of U.S. military helicopter landing and takeoff sites in Okinawa have died, documents showed Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2013
GSDF personnel train on Ospreys for the first time
Ground Self-Defense Force personnel boarded MV-22 Osprey aircraft for training for the first time Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2013
Okinawa leaders urge Abe to remove Osprey
About 30 municipal heads in Okinawa urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to rescind the government's approval of the MV-22 Osprey deployment at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2012
Scholar tries to ease Okinawa's U.S. pains
Three years ago, Robert Eldridge gave up his associate professorship at Osaka University to work on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa. He said he thought he could make bigger contributions to U.S.-Japan relations in the prefecture than by teaching about the U.S.-Japan alliance to students at the school.

Longform

Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores