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Neighboring Villagers On Okinawa In Favor of Building New US Marine Base

» by February 17th, 2012 at 9:23 am » Comments (1)

I find the issue of relocating of US Marines on Okinawa interesting because the plan to base US Marines on a new facility in a less populated area of Okinawa ...more »

Plan Calls for Okinawa Based Marines To Rotate Through Korea

» by February 7th, 2012 at 7:17 am » Comments (14)

Now the delays and changes to the US plan to relocate Marines from the island now involves Korea: Some U.S. marines stationed in Okinawa will likely move to South Korea under ...more »

Okinawa Plan Modified To Base Marines In Australia, Philippines, & Guam

» by February 4th, 2012 at 5:04 pm » Comments (0)

It looks like at least the US Marines are going to have a base in the Philippines again: The Obama administration is preparing to scale back a stalled U.S. military plan ...more »

US Air Force NCO Sentenced for Murder of Fellow NCO On Okinawa

» by February 2nd, 2012 at 4:57 pm » Comments (14)

Here is an update on the murder of a US Air Force NCO on Okinawa that ROK Heads pretty much deduced what happened before the facts became known: [caption id="" align="alignnone" ...more »

Japanese Government Subsidizes Okinawa To the Tune of $4,500 A Person

» by January 17th, 2012 at 7:06 am » Comments (3)

The Japanese government is trying to show the Okinawans the money:  Japan is planning to shovel billions of dollars in unrestricted funding on Okinawa this year in hopes of buying public ...more »

Marines On Okinawa Ordered Not To Drink After Midnight

» by September 10th, 2011 at 9:09 am » Comments (6)

Here is a major change for servicemembers stationed on Okinawa: Marines on Okinawa are no longer allowed to drink alcohol after midnight at off-base bars and restaurants, according to a revised ...more »

Was Agent Orange Spilled On Okinawa?

» by August 14th, 2011 at 2:11 am » Comments (6)

Via a reader tip comes news that now former US military veterans that served on Okinawa claim that Agent Orange was buried there: In the late 1960s, the U.S. military buried ...more »

US Diplomat Removed For Okinawa Comments

» by March 11th, 2011 at 4:05 pm » Comments (30)

UPDATE: You can read a comment from Maher's twin sister left on this thread.  It is looking like the students who listened to Maher's speech may have totally fabricated what ...more »

Hatoyama Finds Expedient Excuse For Base Policy Shift

» by February 17th, 2011 at 9:46 pm » Comments (0)

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama really is the Roh Moo-hyun of Japan: Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's remarks to the effect that he cited the deterrent role of U.S. ...more »

Okinawa Airman Likely Murdered

» by February 8th, 2011 at 3:57 am » Comments (28)

It will be interesting to see how this investigation turns out: The Air Force confirmed Monday the identity of a Kadena airman found dead in an off-base apartment over the weekend. The ...more »

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