Asahi, Mainichi, and Sankei reported that Okinawa Governor Tamaki delivered a speech at the UN Human Rights Council conference held in Geneva on Monday during which he expressed his opposition to Futenma relocation. The governor reportedly pointed out that the disproportionate concentration of U.S. military bases in Okinawa “threatens peace.” Tamaki also criticized the Japanese government for moving ahead with the FRF….Read more

Sunday’s Okinawa Times and Ryukyu Shimpo reported on two hit-and-run accidents involving vehicles with “Y” license plates that occurred in Ginowan and Chatan early Saturday morning, saying that both drivers fled the scene and remain at large.    In the first case, a vehicle with a “Y” license plate rear-ended a compact car in Ginowan. Three people in the compact….Read more

Okinawa’s Governor Denny Tamaki recently told the press that he plans to attend a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Specifically, he intends to express his opposition to the relocation of the United States Futenma Air Station to Henoko in the northern part of Okinawa Island.In other words, the governor intends to deliver a speech at the council….Read more

According to Sunday’s Mainichi, a vehicle with a “Y” license plate rear-ended a compact car in Ginowan early Saturday morning. Three people in the car reportedly sustained minor injuries. The driver of the U.S. military-affiliated vehicle allegedly fled the scene on foot. The car that caused the accident was apparently being pursued by a police car for speeding.

Sunday’s Sankei took up Okinawa Governor Tamaki’s plan to attend three seminars to be held in Geneva this week as part of the UN Human Rights Council conference, saying that he is expected to state his opposition to Futenma relocation in the brief remarks he will deliver at each session. “It is important for me to call attention to the….Read more

Ryukyu Shimpo and Okinawa Times reported that four MV-22 Ospreys stationed in Futenma made emergency landings at New Ishigaki Airport in Okinawa and Amami Airport in Kagoshima in midafternoon on Thursday. The papers said no injuries were reported and the landings did not affect commercial flight services. Okinawa Times wrote that the U.S. Marines explained that the landings were made….Read more

NHK reported that on Thursday the GSDF disclosed the details of joint military exercises to be held with the U.S. military in Kyushu, Okinawa, and Hokkaido from Oct. 14 to 31 with the participation of about 6,400 personnel from the two nations. In Okinawa, the U.S. Marine Corps and the GSDF will be deployed to Camp Ishigaki, where they will….Read more