Showing posts with label okinawa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label okinawa. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Okinawans Continue To Push For U.S. Military Base Closure

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The Intercept: As Taiwan Tensions Build, Concerned Okinawans Push for U.S. Military Base Closure Bill Clinton promised to close the base...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Japan Marks The 75th Anniversary Of The End Of The Battle Of Okinawa

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DW: Japan marks 75th anniversary of the end of Battle of Okinawa More than 200,000 people died in the battle for Okinawa. The US has m...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Okinawans Vote Overwhelmingly Against Relocating U.S. Futenma Base To Henoko

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The Guardian: Okinawa rejects new US military base but Abe likely to press on Tokyo sees controversial plan for new base at Henoko as ...
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Monday, January 28, 2019

Japan Starts Building A Sea Wall For The New U.S. Base In Okinawa

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The construction site for a U.S. military base off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture ( Shinosuke Ito ) Japan Times: Japa...
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Sunday, January 6, 2019

U.S. To Hold "First-Ever" Missile Drills On Japan's Okinawa

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The Ryukyu Islands, as seen on a map at the Pacific Aviation Museum at Pearl Harbor. Samurai Wiki SCMP/AFP: US plans to conduct first...
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Sunday, September 30, 2018

U.S. Marine’s Son Elected Governor In Okinawa Running Against U.S. Base Relocation

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Danny Tamaki, the son of a U.S. Marine and Japanese mother, raises his hands with supporters in celebration after he was elected in guber...
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Sunday, April 1, 2018

73 Years Ago Today On Easter Sunday The Battle For Okinawa Began

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Hans A. von Spakovsky, Daily Signal : Another Reason to Remember the Easter and Passover Weekend As we celebrate Easter Sunday and the J...
Friday, March 2, 2018

Japan May Deploy Anti-Ship Missiles On Okinawa

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Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat: Japan Mulls Deployment of Anti-Ship Missiles on Okinawa Amid a growing Chinese naval presence, Japan i...
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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

All U.S. Service Members On The Japanese Island Of Okinawa Are Restricted To Base And Prohibitied From Drinking Alcohol After Fatal Drunk Driving Accident

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ABC News: US service members restricted to base, alcohol prohibited after deadly crash in Okinawa The U.S. 7th Fleet ordered that all U...
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Friday, June 2, 2017

The U.S. Presence In Okinawa Continues To Be Unresolved

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Grant Newsham, Asia Times: US Marines and Okinawa: Enough exasperation to go around Okinawa is host to more than half of the 47,000 US...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016

U.S. Returns 10,000 Acres Of Okinawa To Japan

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US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) delivers a speech among Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and US Forces Japan commander ...
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Sunday, June 19, 2016

Thousands On Okinawa Protest The U.S. Military Presence On The Island

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New York Times : At Okinawa Protest, Thousands Call for Removal of U.S. Bases TOKYO — Tens of thousands of people on the Japanese isla...
Saturday, June 4, 2016

Okinawa And The U.S. Military

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New York Times: Okinawa Murder Case Heightens Outcry Over U.S. Military’s Presence OKINAWA, Japan — Memorial Day weekend is normally pa...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

Japan Halts U.S. Base Construction On Okinawa

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IBTimes : Japan To Halt US Okinawa Base Relocation Work But Government Says Plan Intact Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Friday...
Saturday, February 20, 2016

U.S. Admits That Nuclear Weapons Were Stored At Okinawa During The Cold War

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Members of a U.S. Air Force unit prepare to mount a nuclear weapon on a fighter aircraft in Kadena Air Base in Okinawa on Oct. 23, 1962. ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Okinawa Governor Suspends US Military Base Construction

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The Yomiuri Shimbun CSM: Defying Toyko, Okinawa suspends US military base construction The relocation of a US Marine Corps base on t...
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

U.S. Restart Efforts To Move the Marines From Okinawa To Guam

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US Restarts Efforts To Move Okinawa Marines To Guam -- Stars and Stripes CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The U.S. military restarted efforts thi...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Expect More Anti-Americanism In Okinawa

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Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima answers questions at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Wednesday. Japanese Officia...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

How Many Marines Do We Still Need In Japan?

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Solving the Okinawa Problem -- Mike Mochizuki and Michael O'Hanlon, Foreign Policy How many Marines do we still need in Japan? I...
Monday, September 10, 2012

100,000 Protest In Okinawa over U.S. Osprey Deployment

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Hybrid: A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey flies in hover mode in this undated file photo. KYODO Japanese Protest 'Defective' U.S. Air...