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US BASES

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2018
Okinawa again loses suit aimed at halting U.S. Futenma base relocation
The Naha District Court on Tuesday rejected Okinawa's latest effort to stop the central government's ongoing construction work to relocate a U.S. military base within the island prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2018
Part falls from another U.S. military aircraft over Okinawa: source
An antenna-like part weighing 1.4 kg fell from a F-15 fighter jet stationed at the U.S. Air Force's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa during a flight in late February, a Japanese government source said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Mar 4, 2018
Onaga urges new Okinawa affairs minister to reduce U.S. military's footprint
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga urged new Okinawa affairs chief Teru Fukui to reduce the U.S. military's giant presence in the prefecture as the pair met for the first time at the Okinawa Prefectural Government's headquarters in Naha.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2018
Town mayor asks U.S. military to ground F-16s after tank-drop incident
The mayor of a town in northeastern Japan said Wednesday that he has called on the U.S. military to suspend operations by F-16 fighter jets stationed at Misawa Air Base in the region, after one of them dumped fuel tanks in a town lake following an engine fire.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2018
Kin of slain Okinawa woman seek compensation from U.S. government because Shinzato unable to pay
The family of a slain Okinawan woman will ask the U.S. government to pay compensation because the former U.S. base worker convicted of her murder cannot, their lawyer said Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 13, 2018
The four mottainai in Okinawan affairs
Opportunities to defuse tensions surrounding the U.S. military presence on Okinawa have been wasted.
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2018
Nago's mayoral race and the Henoko facility
The defeat of the mayor of Nago, Okinawa, who opposed the construction of the Futenma replacement facility in his city, should not be seen as an endorsement of the project by local voters.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Election victory in Nago seen as LDP win but new mayor may prove tough to crack
Sunday's victory in the Nago mayoral election by a candidate who appears to favor the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city's Henoko district is widely seen as a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for anti-base advocates in Okinawa, starting with Gov....
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Okinawans want jobs but fret over arrival of U.S. base without Inamine
Residents of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Monday voiced hope for more jobs but raised concern about the impending transfer of a U.S. military base to their community a day after their anti-base mayor was defeated by a candidate calling for economic stimulus.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2018
Incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine falls in closely watched Okinawa election
In a political victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a defeat for anti-U.S. base forces in Okinawa, incumbent Nago Mayor Susumu Inamine failed in his re-election bid Sunday night, losing to a candidate strongly backed by Abe's Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito.
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 / Politics
Jan 31, 2018
Okinawa elementary school where U.S. chopper window fell to get roofed facility on playground
An Okinawa elementary school where safety concerns have grown due to U.S. military aircraft flying overhead is expected to get a roofed facility on its playground to protect students from falling objects, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 28, 2018
Nago mayoral candidates start campaigning for Japanese election tied to base relocation plan, gubernatorial race
Official campaigning kicked off for the closely watched mayoral race in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday as the central government presses ahead with a divisive plan to move an unpopular U.S. Marine Corps base in Ginowan to the city.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 27, 2018
Senior Cabinet Office official quits after downplaying U.S. aircraft problems in Okinawa
A senior official in the Cabinet Office resigns after being criticized in the Diet for making light of a U.S. helicopter incident in Okinawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 23, 2018
Japan says U.S. military aircraft mishaps more than doubled in 2017
Accidents or incidents involving U.S. military aircraft in Japan more than doubled to 25 cases in 2017 from 11 the year before, Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2018
U.S. helicopters fly over Okinawa school, despite promising to avoid the route after falling window incident
Japan's Defense Ministry lodged a protest with the U.S. military after noticing three helicopters flying over Futenma No. 2 Elementary School, where a window recently fell from a U.S. aircraft.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 9, 2018
U.S. apologizes to Japan over repeated military accidents
Two forced landings are the latest in a slew of incidents in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 8, 2018
Yet another U.S. aircraft has emergency in Okinawa
A U.S. attack helicopter makes an emergency landing in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 7, 2018
Rotor problem caused U.S. chopper's emergency landing in Okinawa
The U.S. Marines disclose that a rotor problem prompted the emergency landing one of its choppers made on Ikeijima Island in Okinawa on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2017
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga makes economic, safety pledges to future base host Nago
In Okinawa, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga promises to bolster the economy of future base host Nago and enhance safety ahead of Futenma air station's exit from Ginowan.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
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‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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