Okinawa News

The Pentagon said Wednesday that Gates will take up the sensitive issue of the US forces in Okinawa when he meets Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who has said he wants a "more equal" relationship with the United States...The Defense Secretary's...

A plan to relocate a US Marine base on the southern island of Okinawa is the latest issue to set ministers at odds with one another, forcing Hatoyama to distance himself from their remarks. Any sign that the premier is...

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his wife Miyuki took part in a charity fashion show on Saturday afternoon, involving handicapped people and prominent figures. They appeared on stage with designer Kei Hamai at the end of the collection whose theme...

Experts on a health ministry panel agreed Friday that a single shot of vaccine for the new H1N1 strain of influenza is sufficient instead of two for those aged 13 and older, including pregnant women and patients with certain underlying...

Senate has cut spending earmarked in a fiscal 2010 budget bill for the relocation of 8,000 Marines from Okinawa to Guam by 70%, congressional sources said Friday. The sharp cut from about $300 million earmarked for the transfer of the...

The long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party's historic defeat in the August general election can in part be blamed on the media and its manipulation of public opinion, LDP heavyweight Yoshiro Mori told The Japan Times in a recent interview. Mori, who...

I am moving into my personal decision phase," Robert Gates said before the meeting in the Slovak capital of Bratislava that will be held on Thursday and Friday. "I will probably share with the president and my colleagues in the...