Naha

Army spouse pleads guilty to drug charge

stripes.com     29-Aug-2008          

Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Saturday, August 30, 2008 NAHA — A Naha District prosecutor Wednesday asked for an eight-month prison sentence for an Army spouse who pleaded guilty to having marijuana shipped to her...                    

Museum gets WWII photos by U.S. sailor in Okinawa

thejapannews.net     26-Aug-2008          

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) Photographs taken by a now-deceased U.S. Navy sailor in the days immediately after the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have been donated to the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum. The...                    

National › Group opposes plan to build replacement U.S. military base in Okinawa

japantoday.com     14-Aug-2008   3 related          

Friday 15th August, 06:38 AM JST Naha — A group of 18 intellectuals in Okinawa issued a joint statement Thursday opposing a Japan-U.S. plan to build a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Futemma Air Station....                    

Former governor candidate drowns

japantimes.co.jp     05-Aug-2008   2 related          

NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) A former candidate for Miyazaki governor drowned at a beach in Nakijin, Okinawa Prefecture, his employer said Thursday. Tetsuji Mochinaga, 48, died while swimming with his 5-year-old son Wednesday...                    

Okinawa Housing

bookmarks.fr     03-Aug-2008   3 related          

The Ryukyu islands, also known as the South-West islands are located in the south-west of the archipelago. Okinawa is the largest and most famous of the Ryukyu islands. It is a popular tourist destination for the Japanese who...                    

Mama (and Papa), Welcome To Japan

wordpress.com     01-Aug-2008          

I'm a bad blogger. My parents arrived on Saturday 19th July and I met them on the Shinkansen and brought them back to Kuga. My mum got too hot, so my dad and I went off to walk around the mountainside town, taking photos of...                    

Pacific brief: Civilian gets suspended sentence in drug case

stripes.com     31-Jul-2008          

Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, August 1, 2008 NAHA, Okinawa — A 34-year-old American civilian employee on Camp Foster was sentenced Wednesday to two years in a Japanese prison, suspended for three years, for smoking...                    

Crime › U.S. Army soldier may face rape charge for assaulting Filipino woman

japantoday.com     29-Jul-2008   22 related          

Wednesday 30th July, 06:37 AM JST NAHA — The U.S. Army in Japan has decided to build a case against a 25-year-old sergeant on suspicion of assaulting a Filipino woman earlier this year and may charge the soldier with rape, army...                    

Okinawa governor says there is 'tacit agreement' to relocate Futenma base offshore

mainichi.jp     25-Jul-2008          

NAHA -- Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima said the central government has a "tacit agreement" to relocate the Futenma Air Station offshore as sought by Okinawa Prefecture. Nakaima's remarks, which came during a press conference at...                    

U.S. civilian on Okinawa pleads guilty to drug charges

stripes.com     24-Jul-2008          

By Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, July 25, 2008 NAHA, Okinawa — A 34-year-old American employee on Camp Foster pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Japanese court to smoking marijuana and inhaling a...                    

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