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US BASE

JAPAN / Politics
Sep 4, 2015
State, Okinawa to continue talks amid Futenma base stalemate
The central and Okinawa prefectural governments are expected to continue talks on the contentious plan to build a replacement base for U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the island, even after their "intensive consultation" period ends next week, sources said Thursday.
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
Aug 10, 2015
Futenma base relocation work is suspended
The government suspends work on the relocation of the Futenma military base within Okinawa Prefecture for a month as part of efforts to defuse tensions with local authorities.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2015
Reducing military jet noise
The government should pay heed to the plight of local residents and explore negotiations with the U.S. for measures to reduce noise from its military aircraft using Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
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 Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2015
High court upholds ban on SDF night flights at Atsugi, lets U.S. off the hook
The high court also ordered the government to pay ¥9.4 billion in damages for noise at Atsugi, including ¥1.2 billion for noise resulting from future flights through 2016.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 29, 2015
'Anti-war landowner' stands firm, refuses to sign base lease
Shuden Teruya is known in the city of Okinawa as an "anti-war landowner" and he wouldn't want it any other way.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 24, 2015
Turkey lets U.S. launch airstrikes against Islamic State from Incirlik base: officials
Turkey has agreed to allow U.S. planes to launch airstrikes against Islamic State militants from the U.S. air base at Incirlik, close to the Syrian border, U.S. defense officials said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Jul 20, 2015
Okinawa bases 'only reinforce betrayal,' say locals
People in Okinawa more or less feel Japan has continued to betray them, according to local officials.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 23, 2015
American director reflects critically on U.S. bases in Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa ended 70 years ago on June 23, yet for some Okinawans the struggle continues as they resist the ongoing presence of the U.S. military. Although Okinawa was legally “returned” to Japan in 1972, U.S. bases still occupy nearly 18 percent of the island, with as many as 25,000 military personnel currently stationed there. With MV-22 Osprey aircraft being delivered to the island's U.S. Futenma base and the continued construction of a new base at Henoko, Okinawans, Japanese and Americans alike have been expressing concern and criticism.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 23, 2015
Parachute jump from One World Trade Center nets three convictions
Three men who jumped with parachutes from the top of One World Trade Center were convicted of criminal charges on Monday in their plunge from America's tallest building.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 17, 2015
John Junkerman documentary 'Okinawa: The Afterburn' sheds light on the ferocious anger against U.S. bases
The issue of the large U.S. military presence in Okinawa is divisive, deeply rooted and, frankly, one I have never completely understood. Anti-base protests have been going on for decades, and while locals elsewhere in the developed world may have been unhappy with the bases in their vicinity, the Okinawans stand out for the tenacity and, at times, ferocity of their opposition. What keeps them going?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 11, 2015
Residents near Futenma base in Okinawa win ¥754 million in damages over noise
Some 2,200 plaintiffs who live close to the U.S. base in Ginowan complained of mental distress, poor sleep and disruptions to their daily lives, their lawyers said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2015
Yosemite parachute jump claims noted extreme BASE athlete Dean Potter
Rock climber Dean Potter and another man died while attempting parachute jumps from a 3,000-foot-high (900-meter) cliff in California's Yosemite National Park, officials said on Monday, the latest in a string of deaths nationwide in the extreme sport of BASE jumping.
EDITORIALS
May 14, 2015
Osprey deployment a risky move
Deploying Osprey aircraft at the Yokota base in Tokyo risks alienating the area's residents.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 13, 2015
Residents upset by move to base Ospreys at Yokota, municipalities cite broken promises
Some residents and municipalities near the Yokota Air Base are upset the U.S. military plans to deploy Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft to the facility in western Tokyo.
JAPAN
May 13, 2015
Green group submits petition with 10,000 signatures in bid to halt work at Henoko
An environmental lobby group on Wednesday submitted a letter with some 10,000 signatures urging Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to suspend a drilling survey for the construction of a U.S. Marine Corps base in northern Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2015
Fund set up to fight Futenma plan adds director Miyazaki to leadership
Famed animation director Hayao Miyazaki will help lead a fund set up to oppose the relocation of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture, a source close to the fund said Friday.
BUSINESS
May 7, 2015
Japan's monetary base rose 35.6% to another record in April
Japan's monetary base stood at a record ¥305.88 trillion ($2.56 trillion) at the end of April, up 35.6 percent from a year earlier, as the Bank of Japan continued to provide more liquidity to raise the inflation rate to its targeted 2 percent, BOJ data showed Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 27, 2015
Route to base camp blocked, scores stranded on Everest above 20,000 feet
Ankur Bahl, a New Delhi shipping industry specialist, was ascending Mount Everest as part of a quest to climb the world's tallest peaks when a devastating earthquake in Nepal stranded him about 21,000 feet above sea level.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
G7 eyes plan on U.S.-led $50 billion aid package for Ukraine
A local resident visits the Lychakiv cemetery in Lviv, Ukraine, on Thursday. The U.S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Japan’s record-low children population weighs on growth
The number of children 14 years old or younger fell for the 43rd straight year to around 14.01 million as of April 1.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
'Monster' Inoue ready to tear down Luis Nery in title defense at Tokyo Dome
Naoya Inoue (left) and Luis Nery following a pre-fight news conference in Yokohama on Saturday, two days ahead of their super bantamweight title fight.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Sapporo court ruling on Ainu fishing rights presents tough questions
A traditional Ainu preserved food called <i>satchep</i> (dried fish) being made at the government-run National Ainu Museum and Park, nicknamed Upopoy, in the town of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, on Dec. 25. The Sapporo District Court ruled last month that the Raporo Ainu Nation's rights as an Indigenous people did not extend to having an inherent right to fish for commercial reasons.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.

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