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Okinawa's local government is well used to making representations to Tokyo as reluctant residents of the southern island chain seek the removal for once and [...]

5 May 2008 Okinawa is Japan's southernmost prefecture, consisting of a few dozen, small islands in the southern half of the Nansei Shoto, the island [...]

Okinawa Prefecture (沖縄県, Japanese: Okinawa-ken, Okinawan: Uchinaa-ken) is one of Japan's southern prefectures, and consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu [...]

CAMP LESTER, Okinawa — U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa will host the second annual Walk to Remember on Oct. 16 at Lester Chapel. Participants are asked to meet at the chapel at 8 a.m. for a short presentation followed by the walk to Sunset [...]

The Emmons was patrolling northern Okinawa with another minesweeping destroyer, the USS Rodman, in April 1945 when it locked into a vicious battle with Japanese kamikazes, according to a history compiled by the USS Emmons Association. [...]

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Few days ago a friend of mine suggested me the best tofu restaurant in Bangkok: Okinawa (Sukhumvit soi 69, Bangkok, Thailand). So I have decided to go and try it. The place is very quiet, dishes are delicious and they often have live [...]

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So been really wanting to try this one! Okinawa soba! We needed to spend a little more for the parking validation at Uwajimaya so this looked good! It's a 5 pack – haven't see anywhere selling individuals. [...]

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later, that same guy from the market gave me some ('o')ノ. Thank you so much!! So-ki soba and goya chanpuru stuff and sweets, I bought soooo many different things that now, the Michishige house feels more or less like Okinawa (^_^)v [...]

GINOWAN, Okinawa — Opposition to a plan to relocate military air operations to Camp Schwab from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is growing stronger and becoming more polarized, according to results of Nago city assembly elections [...]

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The Hawaii International Film Festival gets underway from October 14th to the 24th and we're in for a treat as they're screening two films that feature actresses from Okinawa. (Click on the post title above to see the video clips and [...]

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We got a lot done today. We had planned to do more yesterday, but maintenance was here to fix the dryer and the water heater. It took 3 cycles for me to dry a load of clothes. That is ridiculous. Instead, the replaced our kitchen floor. [...]

includes information about the history, geography, and culture of Okinawa city. Also includes entries on the city's transportation, education, and military presence. [...]

by Trowbridge H. Ford Part II - The Killing The National Security Agency's new Director in 1999, Air Force General Michael Hayden, had a long career in its surveillance operations but his primary qualification for office was his adherence to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement - one which soug [...]

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The VLAAMS boys are getting ready for the big annual Okinawa event coming up this November. Ogawa-san had posted on the blog he wanted to do a long ride by way of training. I was able to persuade him to ride all the way to Gunma instead [...]

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There was disappointment, again, after the recent leadership contest of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) failed to lead to any movement on the issue of the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa [...]

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The Japanese island of Okinawa is the reluctant host of dozens of US military bases - and a row over moving an airfield has sparked an angry stand-off. [...]

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There was disappointment, again, after the recent leadership contest of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) failed to lead to any movement on the issue of the planned relocation of US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa [...]

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A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck the island of Okinawa off the coast of Japan newsdig (NewsDig.com): A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has struck the island of Okinawa off the coast of Japan, triggering Tsunami warnings.1 [...]

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US military base in central Okinawa, with a residential area in the background The Japanese island of Okinawa is the reluctant host of dozens of US military. [...]

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Beautiful Baubles | Okinawa Fashion Photographer |. Amazingly talented jewelery maker Suzanne Sommersall gave me the honor of photographing her gorgeous, one of a kind jewelery. This is just part one of several more product shoots with [...]

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Am from Hawai'i but work here in Okinawa. Okinawan food is terrific - soki, tebichi, goya, chanpurus, jirus, rafute. But at times I really do miss the foods of Hawai'i, those that I grew up with. So I cook things I miss, [...]

The agency issued a tsunami advisory for waves of up to 50 cm for Miyako island and the Yaeyama region in the Okinawa chain, but the advisory was lifted soon. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active [...]

On May 20, 2010, TV Asahi's nightly news program “Hodo Station” broadcast a 20-minute special by anchor Furutachi Ichiro on the US Marine Corps bases in Okinawa. The previous day Furutachi and his staff flew around those bases by [...]

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A commentary published by the News of Pakistan on September 15,2010, says as follows: The news that Gwadar port is all set to be taken away from the Port of. [...]

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Please view this with the correction in Sub-Title (arigatou gozaimashita) In August 2004, a Marine helicopter crashed into the Okinawa International University, which not only touched off a firestorm of protests created by this base [...]