The Japan Times
Okinawans push to preserve unique language
The Japan Times
He's Japanese, born to a white American father and an Okinawan mother, a couple who never married, and he seems to take more after his dad. But it's when he speaks that people are really taken aback. Fija is often asked why he speaks in Okinawa "hogen" ...

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The Japan Times
Okinawa sets sights on foreign tourists
The Japan Times
But while on the surface it may look like tourism has been steadily expanding, Okinawa is now at a critical juncture. Ninety-five percent of all visitors to Okinawa come from other parts of Japan. Local officials are concerned that many of these ...
Storm over US bases on OkinawaKorea Times
Japan's Persistent “Ameriphobia”The Diplomat
US House OKs outlays for Marine transfer to GuamMainichi Daily News
The Daily Yomiuri
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The Japan Times
Okinawa marks 40th anniversary
The Japan Times
GINOWAN, Okinawa Pref. — Okinawa Prefecture marked the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty from US control Tuesday amid a remaining heavy US military presence and economic difficulties, with no end in sight to the political ...
Mercure Okinawa Naha Opens Its Doors as Accor's First Hotel on Japan's ...PR.com (press release)
Japanese PM Renews Pledge To Shift US Bases From OkinawaRTT News
Okinawa economic development, national security both importantThe Daily Yomiuri
Mainichi Daily News -The Australian Eye -The Japan Daily Press
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The Japan Times
Agent Orange 'tested in Okinawa'
The Japan Times
By JON MITCHELL Recently uncovered documents show that the United States conducted top-secret tests of Agent Orange in Okinawa in 1962, according to a veterans services employee. Paper trail: Michelle Gatz holds the logbook of the SS Schuyler Otis ...
Agent Orange Tested in OkinawaCounterPunch

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The Japan Times
Okinawa marks 40th anniversary of return to Japan
Bellingham Herald
By TAKEHIKO KAMBAYASHI — dpa Okinawa on Tuesday marked the 40th anniversary of its reversion to Japanese sovereignty amid ongoing unease about the heavy presence of the US military on the island. Okinawa, which makes up less than 1 percent of Japan's ...
Okinawa: 40 years since return to Japan, US bases still a sore spotAlaska Dispatch
Okinawa marks 40 years since return to JapanSin Chew Jit Poh
40 years after return, Okinawa still struggling to grow upThe Japan Times
Mainichi Daily News -NumisMaster.com
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WWII Veterans organizing Okinawa Reunion
WJAC Johnstown
In April, George Haverilla was at his home in Westmont when he came across a letter in the newspaper that urged people to remember the Battle of Okinawa. It was written by Roy Smith, a veteran who took part in the invasion. He wants to make sure others ...

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Stars and Stripes
Rivalries, full fields spice up track finals
Stars and Stripes
Lightning could strike twice, in the form of a potential Far East meet showdown this week between Okinawa district champion Reichenberg and two-time Far East cross-country champion Henderson. “I think it's going to come down to that again,” said ...

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TIME (blog)
US comes to agreement with Japan to move 9000 Marines off Okinawa
Washington Post
The US and Japanese governments said Thursday that they will move about 9000 Marines off Okinawa to other bases in the Western Pacific, in a bid to remove a persistent irritant in the relationship between the two allies. The Marine Corps Air Station ...
US Agrees to Reduce Size of Force on OkinawaNew York Times
Marines Leave Okinawa: US To Remove 9000 Stationed On Japanese Island (VIDEO)Huffington Post
Okinawa Troop Withdrawal: Why the US and Japan Have a Lot More Talking to DoTIME (blog)
NPR -Los Angeles Times -msnbc.com
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The Guardian
Plan to Move Marines Off Okinawa Faces Challenges
Voice of America
April 27, 2012 Plan to Move Marines Off Okinawa Faces Challenges Steve Herman | Seoul Friday's announcement by the United States and Japan that 9000 US Marines will be transferred from a base on the Japanese island of Okinawa is being hailed as a major ...
US to remove 9000 Marines from OkinawaFox News
US concerns over Okinawa base plans prompt Japan to delay announcementReuters

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The Japan Times
Comedians find creative outlet for simmering anger
The Japan Times
By AYAKO MIE For Okinawa comedian Masamitsu Kohatsu, Aug. 13 is synonymous with the 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States. Aug. 13, 2004, was the day a US transport helicopter from the Futenma air station in the city of Ginowan crashed on the ...

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