Page 25 - Ginowan News Today

NAHA--Campaigning for the Okinawa gubernatorial election officially started on Aug. 25 with three candidates divided over a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. military base within the prefecture.

The central govt maintains the Futenma base relocation plan is the only solution that removes the dangers posed by the base located in densely populated Ginowan.

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The Cabinet Office has slashed the amount it is seeking from the annual budget for the promotion of Okinawa, a move that lands just before the prefectural gubernatorial race kicks off.

A group of Okinawa citizens filed a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Japanese government to stop construction of a Marine Corps runway.

The U.S. Army is expected to fall nearly 40,000 troops short of its recruiting goals over the next ...

Okinawa prefecture has sued the Japanese government in a bid to block further construction of a Marine Corps runway into Oura Bay at Henoko.

Okinawa prefecture has sued the Japanese government in a bid to block further construction of a Marine Corps runway into Oura Bay at Henoko.

GINOWAN, Okinawa Prefecture--When a U.S. military helicopter crashed and burned at the campus of Okinawa International University here 18 years ago, expectations were high that the incident would bring about a sea change in the way U.S. forces conducted their operations.

The Japanese government is working to move the Futenma base, now in a congested area in Ginowan, to the Henoko coastal district in the city of Nago.