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A monster hill no-one could get up and only eight finishers – sound familiar? Japan’s answer to the Erzbergrodeo, the 2022 Hidaka Rocks Extreme Enduro, saw Taisuke Mizukami master the final climb to take victory.
After seeing what has happened in Okinawa Prefecture, communities near U.S. military facilities on other parts of Japan are bracing for accelerating surges in novel coronavirus infections.
A recent cluster infection in Okinawa Prefecture among members and employees of U.S. military bases is casting a spotlight on the limitations of Japan’s strict border control measures.
At one time the Kokusai-dori area of Naha was described as the "miracle mile" because of the rapid economic development that followed Okinawa's return to Japanese sovereignty. (Minako Yoshimoto) NAHA--The island prefecture of Okinawa got left behind from mainland Japan decades ago. Postwar U.S. military occupation primarily took care of that. Now, as Okinawa marks the 49th anniversary of its return to Japanese sovereignty, the lingering effects of being under U.S. control for so long are coming into sharper focus. That, and the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, have had a devastating toll on ...