Okinawa Prefecture

Navy Announces Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Military Relocations to Guam

The Navy announced today the availability of the draft environmental impact statement/overseas environmental impact statement (EIS/OEIS) for the military buildup on Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands...

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U.S. serviceman admits to Okinawa hit-and-run

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) The U.S. Army serviceman suspected of hitting a Japanese man with a car and killing him earlier this month in Okinawa has effectively admitted his involvement in the... Read more . . .

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Politics › Hatoyama finalizing plan to break deadlock over Futenma relocation

Saturday 21st November, 06:16 AM JST TOKYO — Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he is talking with concerned ministers to work out Japan’s position on the issue of relocating a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa and...

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Politics › U.S. ambassador to visit Okinawa on Nov 30

Saturday 21st November, 03:53 AM JST NAHA — U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos plans to visit Okinawa Prefecture on Nov 30 for talks with Gov Hirokazu Nakaima on the relocation of a U.S. Marine airfield, sources close to the...

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Lockheed Martin Super Hercules Deliveries Strengthen USAF and USMC Fleets

MARIETTA, Ga., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Demonstrating the increase in the C-130J build and delivery rate, Lockheed Martin simultaneously delivered two C-130Js on Nov. 19 to two different customers - a C-130J to the...

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FACTBOX - Five political risks to watch in Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, two months in office, faces headaches over how to keep his Democratic Party's campaign promises while cutting huge debt and trying to keep the economy from tipping back...

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Cheers all round for Obama in Korea

After troublesome stopovers in Japan and China, United States President Barack Obama ended his swing through Asia on a high in South Korea, with US troops jubilant after a rousing speech. The feel-good factor was boosted by a...

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Hatoyama finalizing plan to break deadlock over Futemma relocation

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday he has been finalizing a plan to break the deadlock over the relocation of a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa and expects that a Japan-U.S. high-level working group set up to examine...

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Toys for Tots Kicks-off on Okinawa

Marine Corps News|by LCpl. Kentavist P. Brackin Ceremonies for the Marine Corps Reserve's 2009 Toys for Tots campaign kick off will be held at the Camp Foster exchange and at the Kadena Air Base exchange. The program, adopted...

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Zakaria: Did Obama get his message across in China?

Fareed Zakaria discusses President Obama's trip to Asia. President's visit made clear the U.S. interest in Asia, Fareed Zakaria says He says Obama needed to send message China must help solve global issues One year after the...

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