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Bechtel Elementary at Camp McTureous will feature collaborative common areas and new furnishings, as well as playground equipment upgrades.

The new and improved E.J. King Middle and High School at Sasebo took nearly three years to complete.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in construction is underway or planned to upgrade schools on overseas U.S. military bases in the Pacific, according to Department of Defense Education Activity officials.

January 22, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo   On January 18, the Okinawa Environmental Preservation Division announced the results of the summer water quality survey that was conducted last September in the areas surrounding U.S. military bases to assess organic fluorine compound (PFAS) contamination. The use and manufacture of PFOS and PFOA are regulated around the world. In residential groundwater in the area around Kadena Air Base, PFOS and PFOA were detected at a combined concentration of 3000 nanograms per liter. This concentration is 60 times the provisional guidance value (50 nanograms per liter) ...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and the three surrounding prefectures.