Kyodo News Digest: Dec. 18, 2022
Here is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.
Source: kyodonews.net
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New Okinawa baseball league giving aspiring players a boost
The availability of the league's games and tracking data online is a boon to Japan's cash-strapped independent teams and overseas clubs.
Source: japantimes.co.jp
COVID vaccine mandate rescinded
The Senate has voted to pass sweeping legislations that would grant $858 Billion in national defense funding on Thursday.
Source: oann.com
EDITORIAL: Top court ruling against Okinawa a blow to issue of local autonomy | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
Imagine a soccer team playing in a match refereed by the manager of the opposing team. When the side in the disadvantageous position files a complaint about unfair refereeing with an independent dispute-settling body, it is dismissed on grounds the team had no right to file a complaint in the first place.
Asahi Shimbun Supreme Court Defense Ministry Okinawa Bureau National Governor Association Supreme Court On Dec Okinawa Prefecture
Source: asahi.com
Transient flights increasing at Futenma base due to US strategy change
NAHA -- The number of takeoffs and landings by transient, non-based aircraft is on the rise at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okina
Fumiaki Nozoe Mainichi Shinnosuke Kyan Hiroshi Higa Okinawa Defense Bureau Ministry Of Defense Okinawa Bureau Elementary School
Source: mainichi.jp
《TAIPEI TIMES》 Tokyo should spend more on defense: visiting LDP official - 焦點
/ Reuters, TAIPEIJapan should increase its military spending in the face of the “grim reality” of threats from China and North Korea, a senior member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party （LDP） said yesterday during a visit to Taiwan.
Source: ltn.com.tw
Okinawa loses legal bid to halt Marine Corps runway construction
Japan’s highest court dismissed without debate last week a lawsuit brought by Okinawa prefecture to halt construction of a Marine Corps runway at Camp Schwab.
Denny Tamaki Kiichirou Jahana Hirokazu Matsuno Fumio Kishida Keiichi Ishii Justice Atsushi Yamaguchi
Source: stripes.com
Japan's top court nixes Okinawa bid to halt U.S. base landfill work
Japan's top court dismisses an appeal by the Okinawa prefectural government to halt landfill work for the relocation of a key U.S. base within the southern island prefecture.
Source: kyodonews.net
White House Leaves Open Possibility Biden Will Sign Bill That Remove Military's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate
President Joe Biden could sign a defense funding bill that includes the termination of the military's COVID-19 vaccine ...
Source: theepochtimes.com
Japan's Seibu Prince Hotels Leans Toward Asset-Light Future
Strong Domestic Demand Positions Company for Global Growth
Source: costar.com