Contributor ReportsGates to visit Japan amid shift in ties
Source: Press TV
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Thu Oct 15 06:24:53 -0700 2009 | political-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...
Doubts on Hatoyama's leadership
Source: Kuwait Times
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Mon Nov 02 18:54:11 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
Politics › Hatoyama, wife take part in fashion show
Source: Japan Today
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Sat Oct 03 21:40:50 -0700 2009 | political-news
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...
Single shot for H1N1 sufficient, panel finds
Source: Japan Times
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Sat Oct 17 13:56:45 -0700 2009 | technology-news
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...
Politics › U.S. Senate cuts budget for moving Marines from Okinawa ...
Source: Japan Today
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Sat Nov 07 13:41:28 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
LDP loss media's fault: Mori
Source: Japan Times
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Sat Nov 14 14:26:50 -0800 2009 | political-news
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...
Gates undecided on Afghan troop surge
Source: Press TV
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Thu Oct 22 02:17:25 -0700 2009 | political-news
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...
Deaths of rare rabbit prompt declaring 'state of emergency'
Source: Hindustan times
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Fri Nov 13 22:19:54 -0800 2009 | green-news
Alarmed by increasing deaths of a rare and protected species of rabbit in Japan's semi-tropical southern islands due to human negligence, the Environment Ministry's Naha Nature Conservation Office has declared a 'state of emergency' in the country. According to the...
Slowly, secret U.S. nuke deals come to light
Source: Japan Times
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Thu Nov 19 19:44:03 -0800 2009 | travel-news
Decades since Washington and Tokyo reportedly crafted secret agreements to allow U.S. nuclear weapons in Japanese territory, declassified documents from the U.S. detailing its nuclear presence in Okinawa and elsewhere in Japan during the postwar period are slowly coming to...
Tokyo, Washington and the Missing Nuclear Agreements
Source: HNN
Okinawa :: Japan | updated Sun Nov 15 22:27:35 -0800 2009 | travel-news
The Documents [Yuki Tanaka is Research Professor, Hiroshima Peace Institute and an Asia-Pacific Jurnal coordinator. He is the coeditor with Marilyn Young of Bombing Civilians: A Twentieth Century History. He wrote this article for The Asia-Pacific Journal.] At first glance,...
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