Very Inappropriate Comments from EX-Consul General of US in Okinawa
Posted by: Yoko Otake
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 01:06:59 -0700 | political-news
Mr Kevin Maher, presently Director of the Office of Japan Affairs at the U.S. State Department and previously the Consul General to Okinawa made his briefing on December 3, 2010 to a group of 14 students who were about to...
Chinese premier provider of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa
Posted by: KhanhElegant
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2013-05-18 09:51:15 -0700 | political-news
A senior commander of the Chinese troops that the Ryukyu Islands, which consists of the island of Okinawa and the U.S. military, "does not belong to Japan", based on the historical evidence. According to AFP, the spokesman Gen. Luo Yuan...
Noises from US Air Base in Okinawa: A Case of Negative Externality?
Posted by: LaryNelBAbao
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 01:24:56 -0700 | political-news
In economics, an externality is a spillover cost or benefit incurred by a party to other parties (as a result of the party undertaking an action). A benefit in this case is called a positive externality or external benefit, while...
JAPAN MAN GIVEN LIFE OVER 2007 MURDER OF BRITON LINDSAY HAWKER
Posted by: ................ Darlene
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-07-27 07:01:43 -0700 | political-news
A Japanese man was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday for raping and killing Briton Lindsay Ann Hawker and burying her naked body in a sand-filled bathtub in a case that horrified Japan and sparked a media frenzy. Tatsuya Ichihashi,...
Moving US Marines to Guam
Posted by: javaidazim
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-03-18 16:42:35 -0700 | political-news
The Japanese and the US governments have officially given up their previously agreed upon 2014 timetable to relocate the US Marines' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa. The 2 countries will hold a bilateral meeting of foreign and defense ministers in...
Protest Rally in Okinawa could draw 100,000 people.
Posted by: northsunm32
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 00:40:36 -0700 | political-news
The opposition to the US presence has been going on for years. Some troops have been moved and alternate locations have been sought for some bases as well but the Okinawans want them gone period. U.S. troops have been told...
World War II memories still haunt Japan
Posted by: prabirghose
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 04:19:36 -0700 | political-news
The WWII has ended long back but even now sudden memories come back to haunt Japan – like the finding of over 900 unexploded bombs under a restaurant in Okinawa during the road widening project. All the bombs bore US...
Town hall meetings exposed, The idiots are organized
Posted by: krfoote
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2011-12-20 04:35:52 -0800 | political-news
The sound bites just keep rolling in from town hall meetings all over the country of Americans shouting and angrily protesting the rush of a health care bill. And the sound bites keep rolling in from major news organizations as...
Hatoyama falls victim to Futenma dilemma
Posted by: hmalik
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2011-11-22 12:06:20 -0800 | political-news
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned on Wednesday after only eight months in office. The outgoing leader owns a glaring record -- leading his Democratic Party of Japan to a sweeping election victory last year, ending a five-decade conservative rule...
Japanese PM Resigns
Posted by: hmalik
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2011-11-22 12:07:35 -0800 | political-news
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has announced his resignation, after repeated meetings with party leaders concerning his plunging approval ratings ahead of next month's parliamentary elections.He has been losing support since backing away from a campaign promise to move a...
Japanese air force exercise
Posted by: TaDuy
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-04-17 09:24:05 -0700 | political-news
Japanese air force exercise Japan Self-Defense Forces yesterday conducting rehearsals and performances at the air base Hyakuri. This activity is maneuvers took place three years, AP reported. Japan wanted to show the power of one of the Air Force the...
Japanese PM Naoto Kan and cabinet to be sworn in
Posted by: hmalik
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2011-11-22 11:49:11 -0800 | political-news
Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan has named his cabinet and is due to be formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito. Japanese Prime Minister and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) President Naoto Kan appointed his new Cabinet Tuesday, following Japan's...
Protests in Tokyo against US military presence in Japan.
Posted by: northsunm32
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-11-02 00:36:47 -0700 | political-news
This has been a long simmering issue that heats up from time to time. The new Japanese government is not as pro U.S. as the defeated govt. There is an agreement to move an Okinawa base to a less populated...
Japan's ruling party is expected to name a new leader
Posted by: aniskhan26
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2012-03-16 22:25:30 -0700 | political-news
In a nationally televised speech Friday, Kan announced that he was relinquishing his post as chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, effectively ending his 15-month tenure as national leader. Kan had said he would quit once lawmakers passed...
DIVISION A—AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES
Posted by: krfoote
Okinawa :: Japan | updated 2011-12-20 04:35:07 -0800 | political-news
“The purpose of this division is to provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending”. This is a line straight out of HR 3200, it can be found on Page 4; the...
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