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[2010-01-28]
The radically anti-base candidate won the Nago City mayoral election Sunday, sending first ripples, then a tidal wave of conflicting emotions across Okinawa, then Japan, then around the world.
Virtually everyone had been predicting a squeaky tight election, but the victory by Susumu Inamine, a staunch advocate of American troops and bases being kicked out of Okinawa, over moderate Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, who long had supported moving Futenma Marine Corps Air Station from central Okinawa to his community, has dominated talk not only in Okinawa and mainland Japan, but all the way to Washington D. Read More! [2010-01-28] At least 94 Illegal dumping cases were recorded on Okinawa in 2008, a total of 10,282 tons of waste found in forests, on beaches and along rivers.
The Okinawa Prefecture Environmental Maintenance Section has published its findings, showing nearly double the amount of waste dumped last year compared to 2007. Read More! [2010-01-28] The ink was barely dry on a new Japan-U.S. Read More! [2010-01-21] Senior U.S. Read More! [2010-01-21] A 53-year-old Naha City employee has been arrested and charged with suspicion of accepting a bribe from a construction company president.
Isao Nakachi is behind bars for taking a bribe from Touru Zayasu, a 42-year-old president of a local construction firm. Read More! [2010-01-21] An eight-year-old American boy died in Okinawa nearly three years ago, with medical authorities convinced he’d been beaten. The boy’s stepfather claimed the child had fallen down stairs in his Uruma City home, and the case could not be brought to trial. Read More! [2010-01-21] A decision is only days away as Japan Air Lines either picks a new partner or sticks with the one it’s been with for a couple years.
Delta Air Lines has offered JAL ¥30 billion to switch allegiances and join its SkyTeam Alliance. Read More! [2010-01-21] The U.S. Read More! [2010-01-21] Japan Air Lines is trying to reassure businesses and the flying public that all will be well in the aftermath of its bankruptcy filing and reorganization, but many people are concerned that flyers will abandon JAL and its subsidiaries.
JAL, JTA and Ryukyu Air Commuters all fly to Okinawa destinations, and there are fears competition from All Nippon Airways will cause passenger shifts. Read More! [2010-01-21] What began as a youthful prank, with a group of boys climbing along balcony railings and onto a building roof in Naha City’s Tsubogawa district has ended with the death of a 16-year-old.
Police say the teenager was one of a group that was climbing from one balcony to another on the ninth floor of a city-owned apartment building Saturay when he slipped and fell 21 meters down to his death on the concrete roof of a veranda. Read More!
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