The U.S. Marine Corps in Okinawa said Tuesday it will resume flight operations of its CH-53E transport helicopters from the next day, insisting it has confirmed their safety following the crash-landing of one of them a week before. The announcement came even as safety concerns ...
The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly passes a resolution protesting last week’s crash-landing of a U.S. military helicopter.
Okinawa crash-landing puts ruling party on back foot as Oct. 22 Lower House poll looms
Hotel Sha La La is one of Okinawa's newest hot spots, enticing tourists with its castle-like structure. The hotel owner's hospitality and the popular night view of the surrounding chrysanthemum fields are also attracting many foreign and domestic visitors, with its room occupancy rate consistently ...
The U.S. forces in Japan will ground all CH-53E helicopters to confirm their safety after the same type of chopper crash-landed near a U.S. military training area in Okinawa on Wednesday, Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said. The minister said that Maj. Gen. Charles Chiarotti, ...
An American military helicopter burst into flames after landing in an empty field in Okinawa Wednesday. No injuries were reported. The U.S. Marines said the CH-53 chopper caught fire during a training flight and was forced to land in the village of Higashi, which is ...
The Defense Ministry plans to deploy security and missile units of the Ground Self-Defense Force on the island of Miyakojima in Okinawa Prefecture as part of efforts to strengthen the defense of remote islands in the southwest of the country, informed sources have said. A ...
Sumitomo Corp. will test a sharing service for electric scooters on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa Prefecture to reduce the environmental impact from a surge in tourist numbers. The trading house will start the test by the end of next March in partnership with the Ishigaki ...
A U.S. MV-22 Osprey military aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at an airport in Okinawa Prefecture after an alarm indicating a problem went off in the cockpit.
Japan has successfully tapped into a deposit of mineral resources from a deep-water seabed off the coast of Okinawa, the economy ministry said Tuesday, the largest such extraction of its type. It is the first time metals have been mined from the seabed in such ...
The city of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture said Thursday its mayor plans to propose changing the name of a group of islands over which it has administrative authority to officially include "Senkaku." Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama is pushing for the name change of the Japanese-controlled islets ...
The U.S. military conducted a parachuting drill Thursday at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa's main island for the third time this year, despite calls from the Japanese government and local authorities to suspend it due to safety concerns. "It is regrettable. Japan urges the U.S. ...
