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A cluster of new cases emerged among newly arrived Marines in a rotational unit, according to Marine Corps Installations Pacific on Friday. Neither the Marines nor the Japanese government has commented publicly on whether the cluster included omicron cases.
Visiting Kadena Air Base on Sunday, Japanese cabinet member said he would pressure the U.S. military to take more thorough mitigation measures and “ease the concern of local people.”
NAHA--Prefectural authorities in Okinawa announced the first known case of a local resident confirmed infected with the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus.
A total of 99 U.S. soldiers on the base have been confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus as of Friday.
Aiko Shimajiri fist-bumps supporters as she walks into a rally at a bullring in Okinawa's gritty Uruma city, the former minister in Japan's ruling party relishing the prospect of pulling off an upset victory in this weekend's vote.