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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2020
GSDF and U.S. Marines start joint drills in snowy Hokkaido
The Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps held a ceremony on Sunday to mark the occasion of their joint exercises taking place in Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 25, 2019
City in Chiba Prefecture approves provisional Osprey deployment
Kisarazu Mayor Yoshikuni Watanabe voiced approval Wednesday for the proposed provisional deployment of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft to the Chiba Prefecture city.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 2, 2018
Commander of U.S. Osprey squadron in Okinawa fired after deadly August crash off Australia
The commanding officer of one of Okinawa Prefecture's two MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey squadrons has been fired, nearly six months after a crash involving the aircraft killed three U.S. Marines.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 2, 2017
No one else wants Okinawa's U.S. bases
On Aug. 15, the 72nd anniversary of the Japanese surrender, there was a symposium in Tokyo about changing the Constitution. One of the panelists, documentarian Tatsuya Mori, pointed out that earlier that day Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had given remarks at an annual memorial event, and at no point did...

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