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COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 16, 2016
Alcohol de-glamorization and accountability
Drinking by high-ranking U.S. officers and events where alcohol is featured work at cross-purposes to the military's message of temperance.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 15, 2016
Bring U.S. military forces home from Okinawa
More than 70 years after World War II, Japan should finally act like a normal country: defending itself, guarding its region, and ending its dependence on America.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2016
Chinese spy ship enters Japan's territorial waters for second time since end of WWII
In an aggressive move, a Chinese naval reconnaissance vessel enters waters near Kuchinoerabu Island off Kagoshima Prefecture.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 15, 2016
LDP and Komeito to boycott massive anti-U.S. rally Sunday in Okinawa
Despite protesting the murder of a local woman and calling for revisions in the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement, local Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito officials will not take part in what may be the biggest Okinawan anti-base rally in nearly two decades.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Jun 11, 2016
The peacemakers of Okinawa
Sixty years ago this week, the U.S. government released the controversial Price Report, triggering mass protests on Okinawa that gave birth to leaders who, while renowned in the prefecture, remain little known outside it
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / PHOTO ESSAY
Jun 11, 2016
New life and old ghosts in Okinawa
I had two images of Okinawa before I visited: One was of a tropical paradise with beautiful beaches; the other, of isolated islands inhabited by strong characters that don't take any nonsense from the Japanese government or the U.S. military.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Jun 6, 2016
Let's discuss Okinawan anger over U.S. military crimes
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JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 6, 2016
Okinawa anti-base faction's election win puts governor in the driver's seat
Voters gave Gov. Takeshi Onaga high marks in a prefectural assembly election widely viewed as a midterm report on his administration and policies related to U.S. military bases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2016
U.S. Navy confines sailors to bases in Japan, imposes open-ended alcohol ban
The U.S. Navy responds to a drunken-driving case that has stoked anger nationwide.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2016
Okinawa anti-base faction boosts its majority in prefectural assembly election
Okinawa's anti-base faction retained and slightly increased its majority in the prefectural assembly following Sunday's election, representing a victory for Gov. Takeshi Onaga and a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 4, 2016
Under Abe, Japan gets left behind at G-7 summit
For Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the best thing about the recent G-7 Ise-Shima summit was that it gave him cover to wriggle out of a planned tax increase. He could pretend postponing the tax increase is a statesman-like concession to boosting global growth, rather than a way to pander to voters in the...
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 4, 2016
Okinawans get set to vote in local elections amid increased tensions over the U.S. military presence
Okinawans vote Sunday in a prefectural assembly election that may result in a legislative body that strongly supports revising the 1960 Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 3, 2016
Police to step up patrols in Okinawa after woman's murder
The government vows to increase police presence in Okinawa amid fears about crimes by U.S. military personnel.

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