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Posted on March 1, 2021. What is the government going to do? If nothing is achieved even when the prefecture, prefectural assembly and local governments are united in protest, then how can it be seen as anything other than the government abandoning its role? In a meeting of the House of Representatives Budget Committee held on Feb. 17, Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said that the low-altitude training conducted by U.S. military aircraft is “important training to accomplish the goals of the Japan-U.S. security treaty.” The statement Suga made to the Diet may have led Americans to b...

By MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: March 1, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Marine from Combat Logistics Battalion 31 died while surfing over the weekend off Okinawa’s eastern coast, Marine officials announced Monday afternoon. The unidentified service member was surfing with five fellow Marines near Ikei Island at about 2:40 p.m., when the Marine became separated from the group and disappeared, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the logistics battalion’s parent command, wrote in a statement. The group contacted local authorities and the Japan Coast Guard for assistanc...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Six areas around Okinawa were visited to collect samples for analyzing the marine microplastics - two were to the south of the island, two around the center, and two to... view more  Credit: OIST Research conducted in the Light-Matter Interactions for Quantum Technologies Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has revealed the presence of small microplastics in the ocean surrounding Okinawa. The study was published in Science of the Total Environment. "There's been a considerable amount of research on larger plastic pieces ...