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JAPAN / Politics / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Aug 28, 2020
All Okinawa political movement reaches a crossroads
With two years to go to the next gubernatorial election, the coalition faces a critical moment.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2018
Okinawans vote in gubernatorial election, with U.S. military base a top issue
Voters go to the polls in the prefectureu2019s gubernatorial election, with a controversial plan to relocate a key U.S. military base high on the agenda.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 20, 2018
Liberal Party exec Denny Tamaki eyes run for Okinawa governor
Lawmaker Denny Tamaki hinted he might enter the Okinawa gubernatorial race next month at the request of a group opposed to the relocation of a U.S. military base.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 13, 2018
With U.S. Futenma base issue on the line, vote to replace late Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga set for Sept. 30
The contentious relocation plan for the U.S. Futenma airbase will likely be at the heart of the campaign.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 11, 2018
70,000 protest U.S. base plan in honor of late Okinawa governor
The rally took place just days after the death of Gov. Takeshi Onaga, who fiercely opposed the plan to move U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Nago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2018
Okinawa to proceed with late governor's move to block U.S. base construction
The Okinawa Prefectural Government held a hearing with local Defense Ministry officials on Thursday over its plan, announced by late Gov. Takeshi Onaga, to revoke permission for land reclamation during construction of a U.S. military base in the Henoko coastal district of the city of Nago.
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2018
Gov. Takeshi Onaga's death muddles long-standing U.S. base relocation plan in Okinawa
The passing of the late governor came less than two weeks after he announced he was revoking predecessor Hirokazu Nakaima's 2013 approval of a permit for the Henoko project.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 8, 2018
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga, long a voice for those opposed to U.S. bases in the prefecture, dies at 67
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga died Wednesday evening at age 67 following hospitalization related to pancreatic cancer.
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JAPAN
Jul 27, 2018
Okinawa's governor moves to retract landfill work approval needed to move Futenma base
The order is seen as a last-ditch effort to block the central governmentu2019s long-delayed plan to move the unpopular base.
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JAPAN
Jun 23, 2018
Okinawa governor renews call to reduce bases as prefecture marks 73rd anniversary of bloody ground battle
The governor uses the Battle of Okinawa anniversary and Americau2019s ongoing detente with North Korea to renew his call for shrinking the U.S. militaryu2019s footprint in the prefecture.
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JAPAN
Jun 13, 2018
Work at planned Okinawa U.S. base site to start in August
The government said Tuesday it will start earth-filling work on Aug. 17 at a planned U.S. military base site in Okinawa Prefecture.
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JAPAN
May 23, 2018
Pop singer Namie Amuro's accomplishments honored by home prefecture of Okinawa
Pop singer Namie Amuro was honored Wednesday by her home prefecture of Okinawa for her achievements and for inspiring the local population.
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 10, 2018
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga to undergo surgery after tumor found in pancreas
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said Tuesday a tumor has been found in his pancreas, and that he will undergo surgery.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2018
Onaga urges new Okinawa affairs minister to reduce U.S. military's footprint
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga urged new Okinawa affairs chief Teru Fukui to reduce the U.S. military's giant presence in the prefecture as the pair met for the first time at the Okinawa Prefectural Government's headquarters in Naha.
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JAPAN
Jan 19, 2018
Japan challenges U.S. denial of school flyover with video footage from Okinawa
Tokyo doubled down Friday on its accusation that the U.S. Marine Corps flouted safety concerns by flying choppers above a school near a U.S. air base in Okinawa the previous day.
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JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018
U.S. apologizes to Japan over repeated military accidents
Two forced landings are the latest in a slew of incidents in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan.
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JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2017
Okinawa demands suspension of U.S. military flights over schools and hospitals
A resolution was adopted by the Okinawa Prefecture Assembly in protest after a window fell from a helicopter onto the playground of an elementary school adjacent to a U.S. base.
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Aug 14, 2017
Defense chief takes up Ospreys with Onaga on first trip to Okinawa
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera seeks to persuade the Okinawa Prefectural Government to permit Osprey flights despite strong local concern about the aircraftu2019s safety.
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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2017
Okinawa moves to block U.S. base construction at Henoko
Three months after the Okinawa Defense Bureau started seawall construction off the coast of Nago in Okinawa's Henoko district, work to build a replacement facility for a U.S. military base in Ginowan is moving forward — and along with it, renewed legal and political resistance to the controversial plan.
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Jul 7, 2017
Onaga, three municipal chiefs vent ire over U.S. parachute drills at Kadena base in Okinawa
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga on Friday called on Tokyo to pressure Washington to stop conducting parachuting drills at Kadena Air Base because they apparently violate a 1996 Japan-U.S. accord.

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