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Reports: 9,500 Missing in Japan Coastal Town

As emergency responders made their way today into the hardest-hit coastal villages of Japan, the country's Kyodo News Agency reports that 9,500 people are unaccounted for in Minamisanriku -- roughly half the town's population. The town, located along the Pacific Ocean on the northeast coast of Japan, has a population of...

Viral Video: Okinawa Dolphin Leaps From Tank

(July 12) -- Visitors to Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium got their money's worth last week when they witnessed a female dolphin named Kuru take a valiant leap over the edge of a viewing tank during a performance. The spectacle was captured on camera by an American tourist who forwarded the footage to Ric O'Barry, a...

Despite Protests, US Base to Stay on Japan's Okinawa

(May 28) -- A U.S. Marine base will stay on the Japanese island of Okinawa despite deep opposition by locals, according to a joint statement today by the U.S. and Japan that sought to convey stability as tensions escalate on the neighboring Korean peninsula. But the deal to keep some 25,000 American troops stationed on...

Japanese Leader Under Fire Over Okinawa Base

TAIPEI, Taiwan (May 19) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has tried to please everyone on the thorny issue of moving an unpopular U.S. Marines air station. But so far he's pleased no one, and on Friday he faces what could be an uncomfortable discussion of the matter in a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...

Unfamiliar Questions Await Obama on Visit to Longtime Ally Japan

TOKYO -- Amidst the turmoil of health care reform and Afghanistan policy, President Barack Obama might have expected some calming certainties when he flies on Friday to Japan, long the staunchest of U.S. allies. But behind what is sure to be a cordial welcome in Tokyo, new and unfamiliar questions await the president....

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Marines Leave Okinawa: U.S. To Remove 9,000 Stationed On Japanese Island (VIDEO)

About 9,000 U.S. Marines stationed on the Japanese island of Okinawa will be moved to the U.S. territory of Guam and other locations in the Asia-Pacific, including Hawaii, under a U.S.-Japan agreement announced Thursday.

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05/30/12 Okinawa group makes 43rd pilgrimage to Saipan Source: Saipan Tribune - Northern Mariana Islands Eighty-six members of the Micronesian Repatriation of Okinawa, who were born in Micronesia during the Japanese era of administration, arrived on island yesterday morning for their annual pilgrimage.
05/29/12 The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. Opens Its First... Source: PR Newswire OKINAWA, Japan and CHEVY CHASE, Md. , May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, L.L.C. has opened its first luxury resort in Japan on the tropical island of Okinawa . The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa will pioneer luxury hospitality on an island that has been the secret getaway for generations of Japanese visitors, but remains relatively unexplored by the international luxury traveler.
05/26/12 Anniversary of Okinawa's reversion highlights opposing... Source: The Japan Times In February, Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba assured the mayor of Iwakuni City and the governor of Yamaguchi Prefecture that Japan would not ask the people they serve to take on "any additional burden" from U.S. forces.
05/24/12 Mom helps Okinawa Marine battle mystery illness Source: MarineCorpsTimes.com The worst worries of Marine mom Laurie Meyer Cox seemed to be over after her 23-year-old son, Cpl. Michael Meyer, emerged unscathed from his seven-month deployment to Afghanistan last summer.
05/24/12 DoubleTree by Hilton Debuts in Okinawa, Japan Source: Business Wire Located in Naha, the capital city of Okinawa, the 227-room hotel is directly opposite the Okinawa Monorail station in Asahibashi, 11 minutes away from Naha Airport by monorail and 500 meters away from the local ferry terminal.

Background on okinawa

is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū (the southwesternmost of Japan's main four islands) to Taiwan.

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