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Authorities released the name of the contractor who was recently killed in a car crash in Okinawa, Japan, as Japanese officials continue investigating the

An appeal by an Okinawa-based Marine seeking to reduce his four-year jail sentence for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2021 has been denied by a military court.

Ikemiya Shokai Co. Ltd., a printing and scanning company in Naha, Okinawa, contacted the Marine Corps last year with an offer to create an interactive computer model of the old U.S. naval hospital on Camp Lester, company president Taku Ikemiyagi said Aug. 24. The final product would work similar to Google Street View.

Typhoon Khanun has left behind flooding, uprooted trees, power outages and injuries on Okinawa but may not be finished with Japan’s southernmost prefecture.

This year, many military commands in Japan are shedding prohibitions to accommodate group activities like spooky bowling nights, haunted houses and increased numbers of local guests.

July13,2022RyukyuShimpoByShugoAsato OnJuly12theOkinawaPrefecturalEnvironmentalPreservationDivisionannouncedthatatotalof20chemicalsubstancesofwhichuseisprohibitedwithinJapan,suchastheorgani...

Chatan, which includes parts of Camps Foster and Lester, temporarily shuttered city offices and local schools.