Posts Tagged With: Okinawa
Moving Marines to Kadena Airbase Not Realistic Option According to General
» by GI Korea December 14th, 2009 at 6:55 am » Comments (18)
It looks like no one should expect the US Marines to be moving to Kadena Airbase on Okinawa anytime soon: Don’t look for Marine Corps helicopters to operate regularly out ...more »Obama Administration Warns Japan Over Reneging On Okinawa Base Deal
» by GI Korea November 4th, 2009 at 4:39 pm » Comments (6)
It will be interesting to see if the Obama administration has the wherewithal to play hardball against the Japanese or not: The United States warned Tuesday that Japan reneging on a ...more »Japanese Government Says Closing Okinawa Airfield “Not an Option”
» by GI Korea October 25th, 2009 at 9:45 am » Comments (0)
The new Japanese government is looking more and more like the prior Roh Moo-hyun administration in Korea: Japan's new government appeared to bow to intensifying pressure from visiting top U.S. ...more »Activists Complain About US Military SOFA In Japan, Are These Complaints Legitimate?
» by GI Korea September 15th, 2009 at 7:12 am » Comments (6)
Over at Japan Probe he has translated a report from Fuji TV about complaints against the US military SOFA with Japan: Shown in the video: Members of the US military do not ...more »Okinawa Landlords Protest New Housing Policy
» by GI Korea August 8th, 2009 at 8:58 am » Comments (8)
Here is something that USFK should look at implementing once the relocation to Camp Humphreys is completed: Alarmed by a new policy that requires all incoming military families to live ...more »Marine Corps Puts Haunted Hotel Off Limits
» by GI Korea June 30th, 2009 at 2:15 am » Comments (1)
I don't know which building is uglier, the Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea or this unfinished hotel in Okinawa: One of Okinawa’s most popular haunts — the ruins of an ...more »$57 Million Awarded By Japanese Court for US Air Force Noise Complaints
» by GI Korea February 28th, 2009 at 4:05 pm » Comments (0)
It is going to be interesting to see if this Japanese ruling will have impact on noise complaints against US airbases in Korea as well: A Japanese court here Friday ordered ...more »Okinawa Sees Sharp Increase in Military Crime
» by GI Korea February 17th, 2009 at 7:32 pm » Comments (0)
This steep increase in military related crime on Okinawa reminds me that I need to compile my USFK crime stats again like I did last year. It will be interesting ...more »Update on Okinawa Juicy Girl Rape Case
» by GI Korea October 7th, 2008 at 8:33 pm » Comments (4)
The Article 32 hearing for the soldier involved in the alleged rape of an Filipina juicy girl on Okinawa Island has completed and a decision on whether to proceed with ...more »Okinawa Juicy Girl Rape Case Opens with a Bombshell
» by GI Korea October 3rd, 2008 at 2:23 am » Comments (13)
Talk about a bad day, not only is this servicemember on Okinawa being accused of rape by a juicy girl there, but he also found out the woman he susposedly ...more »




