The government on Wednesday started construction work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture after overriding the local government’s objection and approving a modified landfill …
The government’s fiscal 2024 budget proposal is seen including ¥267.8 billion in spending to promote Okinawa Prefecture’s development, down ¥100 million from the previous year, a government estimate showed Friday. …
The presence of U.S. military bases on the Japanese island of Okinawa, regularly used by Canadian Armed Forces members, is coming under criticism from locals who are Indigenous to those …
Naha – The U.S. Marines has set up a littoral regiment in Okinawa capable of a flexible and rapid response, to bolster the defense of remote islands in southwestern Japan …
The Japanese wolf. The Bonin thrush. The Japanese otter and sea lion. All are species that once flourished on the Japanese archipelago, driven to extinction by overhunting and habitat loss. …
Naha, Okinawa Pref. – Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki has refused to approve a design change related to a planned U.S. base relocation within Japan’s southernmost prefecture. In response to a …
NAHA – Okinawa Prefecture on Wednesday rejected the central government’s order to endorse its modified plan on landfill work for the transfer of a key U.S. base, in a move …
This week on Deep Dive we get contributing writer and photographer Lance Henderstein to read us his article on traveling Okinawa during the rainy season. Hosted by Shaun McKenna and …
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower court ruling against the Okinawa Prefectural Government over the relocation of a U.S. military base within the southernmost prefecture. The first petty …
Con Dempsey, pitcher for the San Francisco Seals, March 17, 1950. Hearst Newspapers Minor league prospects who were destined for great things and then flamed out are a dime a …