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Ruling coalition loses majority in Okinawa Prefecture Assembly
2008-06-10 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}NAHA -- The ruling coalition lost a majority in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly in Sunday's election.Opposition forces increased their strength by taking advantage of the growing public criticism of the new medical system which has increased the financial burden of senior citizens.The results could also have a huge impact on the government's plan to relocate the Futenma Air Station to an area near the U.S. forces' Camp Schwab in Nago. Gov. Hirokazu Naka ...
Man drowns while snorkeling in Okinawa
2008-06-10 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}MOTOBU, Okinawa -- A man drowned while snorkeling in the sea off an Okinawa Prefecture island, police said.Yasuhiro Yasuda, 50, a company employee from Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, was found by his 49-year-old wife floating face-down in the sea off Sesoko Island in Mobobu at around 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, according to local police. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead about 80 minutes later.Investigators suspect that Yasuda drowned while s ...
Okinawa Aquarium Second Largest
2008-06-08 14:24:00 The Churaumi Aquarium is the world's second largest aquarium. It located in Okinawa Japan. The Okinawa Japan based aquarium will be featured on an episode of Man Made Marvels that will air on the Science/Discovery Channel. So if you cannot visit Okinawa to see the aquarium live, check out the show when it airs or the num15 Zoom(s)
US Marines imprisoned for beating taxi driver in Okinawa
2008-06-06 18:34:00 Two US Marines were each sentenced to several years in prison Thursday for beating up a taxi driver and fleeing without paying him the fare on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa. (...)
By: Taxi Blog
Daily Travel Photo - Okinawa, Japan
2008-06-01 20:06:00 The city of Naha on the island of Okinawa, Japan Originally posted on Everything Everywhere Travel ...SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Daily Travel Photo - Okinawa, Japan", url: "http://everything-everywhere.c-om/2008/06/01/daily-travel-phot-o-okinawa-japan" });
A Doctor's Weight Loss Advice: Listen To Your Great Grandma
2008-04-25 01:04:00 Daphne Miller, M.D. is a family physician and author of The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World--Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home. She loves to cook, she loves adventure and she loves her patients. Over the past three years she has traveled around the world to find authentic indigenous recipes and traditions that can help preserve health and prevent the many modern diseases caused by a Western lifestyle. Dr. Miller graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1993 and then did a residency and research fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. In 2006 she completed Andrew Weil’s Integrative Medicine Fellowship at the University of Arizona. She spends part of her time teaching nutrition and integrative medicine and she also has a private family practice in San Francisco where she frequently prescribes whole foods rather than drugs. Her two kids and her husband often accompany her on her nutrition...
By: BasilandSpice
How To Live To 100
2008-04-16 00:42:00 Dan Buettner is the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Zone: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest, holder of three Guinness world records in long-distance cycling, and is recognized as an international explorer. After publishing the article "Secrets of Living Longer" in National Geographic Magazine (Nov '05), Buettner became a National Magazine Award finalist, appearing on Good Morning America, ABC Nightly News and CNN.Dan Buettner--Somewhere in the remote Nicoyan peninsula of Costa Rica, a 101-year-old great-great-grandmother is making you look bad. Her name is Panchita, and by the time you finish your morning blog rounds, she has already cleared brush, chopped wood and made tortillas from scratch. And here's the best part: she's not alone.For the last five years, I've been taking teams of scientists to five pockets around the world where people live the longest, healthiest lives. We call these places the Blue ...
By: BasilandSpice
TEARS FOR YOU PT.1
2008-03-24 17:01:00 Copyright © 2008 khairulazmi.com. Visit the original article at http://www.onlinebisnes.com/blo-g/2008/03/25/tears-for-you-pt1/-. Nada Sou Sou - Tears For You 120 minutes - 6 parts Japanese with English Subtitles?2006 - Drama - Romance Cast: * Satoshi Tsumabuki?* Masami Nagasawa?* Kumiko Aso?* Eiichiro Funakoshi * Kyoko Koizumi 8-year old Yotaro gains a 3-year old step-sister, Kaoru, when his mother marries ...
Okinawa jamming in Nakano, Tokyo
2008-03-24 16:02:00 ????????????? I was walking back to Nakano Station from a yoga lesson in Heiwa-no-mori Park in Tokyo?s Nakano ward at about 5pm yesterday (Sunday). The street fair I had noticed on the way was still in full swing, and the sounds coming out of it made me check it out.Being late in the day, several people were crashed out on the ground, but it was still buzzing. Stalls were selling food, booze, photos, jewelry, second hand books and magazines, and promoting one or two worthy causes.But the focus of attention was on a three-piece musical unit from Okinawa: bongos, electric guitar, and trumpet/vocals. They were good! Check out the video I put up tonight on YouTube. Be prepared not only for music, but some words of wisdom, too!Yahoo Japan Auction ServiceBook a hotel in Japan with BookingsTokyo Serviced ApartmentsBudget accommodation in JapanHappi CoatsJapanese For Busy PeopleTagsJapan Tokyo Nakano Okinawa music fair
Sons of U.S. servicemen arrested over Okinawa taxi robbery
2008-03-22 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}NAHA -- Two sons of U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa have been arrested over the robbery of a taxi, police said.Arrested were the 15-year-old son of a U.S. Marine, whose address remains unknown, and the 16-year-old son of a U.S. airman living in the city of Okinawa.Police accuse the teens of stealing a box containing about 5,400 yen in cash near the driver's seat of the taxi when they got out on a road in Okinawa at about 10:15 p.m. on March 16. ...
Daily Photo - Okinawa, Japan
2008-03-06 19:54:00 Dancer in traditional dress at Shuri Castle Please vote for Everything Everywhere Travel Blog at the Bloggers Choice Awards! Vote early and often! ...
US military eases restrictions for personnel on Okinawa
2008-03-04 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. military has eased restrictions on daytime travel off bases on the southern island of Okinawa that were imposed after a Marine was arrested for allegedly raping a young girl, officials said Tuesday.Charges were never pressed.Tight restrictions on all military personnel, including civilian employees, were put into place after the allegations arose as part of a two-week "period of reflection," an effort by the military to enforce dis ...
U.S. military to continue investigating Okinawa schoolgirl rape case
2008-03-02 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}NAHA -- United States Consul General in Naha Kevin Maher told the Mainichi Saturday that U.S. military authorities would continue the investigation into claims a U.S. Marine raped a local schoolgirl, even though the suspect has been released by police.Maher said that Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hadnott is being held on a U.S. military base in Okinawa.Maher said that if Japanese authorities decided to waive their right to prosecute Hadnott, U.S. military authoritie ...
Okinawa schoolgirl who accused U.S. Marine of rape decides not to press cha
2008-03-02 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- A U.S. Marine who was arrested in the alleged rape of a teenage girl in southern Japan has been released, Japan's Foreign Ministry said Friday.Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, was arrested earlier this month on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl on the southern island of Okinawa, triggering a nationwide furor over American troop-related crimes in Japan.Hadnott was released Friday night as the girl dropped her criminal complaint aga ...
US imposes 24-hour curfew on servicemen living on base in Okinawa, Iwakuni
2008-02-20 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}U.S. forces in Japan imposed a 24-hour curfew on Wednesday on a total of 25,000 servicemen living on bases in Okinawa Prefecture and the Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The curfew will be effective for an indefinite period of time.The move comes on the heels of a recent spate of scandals involving U.S. servicemen, including the alleged rape by a Marine of a teenage girl in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, and the trespassing by a drunken Marine into the home of a ...
All U.S. military personnel in Okinawa, Iwakuni under curfew
2008-02-20 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}The U.S. military imposed a day-and-night curfew on all its personnel in Okinawa Prefecture, beginning at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday, following recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen such as the alleged rape of a teenage Japanese girl.No duration has been set for the curfew, designated as a period of reflection. The measure also applies to U.S. military personnel stationed at Iwakuni base in Yamaguchi Prefecture.It covers not only Army, Navy, Air Force and ...
US military members in Okinawa furious over Marine's alleged rape of school
2008-02-19 00:00:00 OKINAWA -- A week after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped by U.S. Marine Tyrone Luther Hadnott, U.S. military personnel on the streets of Okinawa were still discussing the attack, slamming Hadnott's conduct.Around the U.S. military's Kadena base shortly after 10 p.m. on Friday, neon signs lit up bars and night-clubs frequented by American soldiers. Inside one bar whose pumping music could be heard on the street outside, a 22-year-old U.S. Air Force member who was with another ...
U.S. Marine breaks into Okinawa home, collapses in drunken slumber
2008-02-19 00:00:00 NAGO, Okinawa -- A U.S. Marine Corps corporal was arrested Monday after he broke into a Nago home and fell asleep in a drunken slumber, police said.Corp. Sean Jake, stationed at Camp Schwab in Nago, was arrested for trespassing.The 21-year-old Marine denies the allegations, but his arrest comes at a time when anti-American sentiment in Okinawa is high following the arrest last weekend of another Marine accused of raping a schoolgirl."I don't remember a thing," ...
U.S. marine held over illegal entry in Okinawa
2008-02-18 23:07:00 A 21-year-old U.S. Marine Corps corporal was arrested Monday on suspicion of breaking into a house in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and falling asleep on a sofa, police said. (Yomiuri)
By: Japan it UP!
Okinawa Events - 26th Higashi Village Tsutsuji Festival
2008-02-18 00:00:00 Tsutsuji Garden(Higashi Village)Higashi Village Tsutsuji Festival Executive Committee(Higashi Village Office)0980-43-243403/09/2008 - 03/23/2008
Gov't. plans surveillance cameras for areas near U.S. bases in Okinawa
2008-02-17 00:00:00 The government is considering setting up security cameras in busy entertainment districts near U.S. bases in Okinawa Prefecture, officials said.The proposal was made by Senior Vice Foreign Minister Itsunori Onodera, who visited Okinawa on Wednesday following the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a U.S. Marine in the prefecture. Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura has instructed ministries and agencies concerned to consider the proposal."U.S. forces have ...
Japanese Furious Over Rape Case On Okinawa
2008-02-13 08:07:00 The Japanese government is furious over the alleged rape of a 14 year old girl on Okinawa by a United States Marine named Tyrone Hadnott. The Marine admits he forced the girl to kiss him but denies raping her. Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said the action “is unforgivable. It has happened over and over again ...
Japan to take tough stance over alleged rape of Okinawa girl by U.S. Marine
2008-02-12 00:00:00 Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said the government will strictly deal with alleged rape of a girl in Okinawa by a U.S. Marine."Several similar incidents had happened before, and now it has occurred again. We'll firmly negotiate with the United States. We'll deal with the matter based on evidence and in accordance with Japanese legislation," Fukuda told a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Tuesday.He was responding to a question by Yasuyuki Eda, a legislato ...
Okinawa Gov. condemns alleged rape of junior high school girl by U.S. Marin
2008-02-11 00:00:00 NAHA -- Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima expressed anger at the alleged rape of a junior high school girl by a U.S. marine on Monday."I can never forgive this. I feel a burning resentment over the incident," Nakaima told reporters at the prefectural government headquarters on Monday. "Whenever an incident like this occurred, we urged U.S. forces to take every precaution to prevent it happening again. It's a tragedy ..."However, Nakaima denied the incident will adversely aff ...
Okinawa Sweet, Chinsukou
2008-02-09 08:47:00 I?ve never been to Okinawa(south island in Japan), but I am into Okinawa sweet, Chinsukou (?????) recently. When people went to Okinawa, they definitely would buy it as a Okinawa souvenir.Chinsukou is one of the traditional sweets in Okinawa. It is made of flower, sugar and lard mainly. It is like a crunchy sweet cookies and good much with Japanese green tea. In acient time, only a royal family and nobles were allowed to eat it when they have some celebrations.There are so many kinds of Chinsukou; cheese, chocolate, purple sweet potato, pine apple, nuts, raw sugar, salt and so on. Now that Chinsukou is famous Okinawa sweet, you can buy it in Tokyo or Kanagawa easily. It probably isn?t sold in small supermarkets, but you can find one in big ones.See more Chinsukou
By: Discover Japan!
Okinawa Events - Sanba Day
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Okinawa City Community Hall(Okinawa City)Japan Sanba Association(In Campus Records098-932-380103/08/2008
Okinawa Events - Kariyushi Ashibi(Sanshin Day)
2008-02-09 00:00:00 Ginoza Culture Center(Ginoza Village)Ginoza Culture Center098-983-261103/04/2008
Okinawa cherry trees add a touch of pink ahead of the pack
2008-02-03 00:00:00 MOTOBU, Okinawa -- A cherry festival is under way on a mountain here as Kanhizakura cherry trees are now in full bloom.Dark pink flowers on some 7,000 trees add color to subtropical forests on Mount Yaedake in Motobu on Okinawa's main island, attracting attention from local residents and visitors.Unlike someiyoshino, the common cherry on Japan's mainland, kanhizakura (or Taiwanese cherry) trees are known for their dark pink flowers, and inhabit subtropical areas includin ...
The Songs Of Okinawa: Best Selection Of Rok Records (2005)
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By: Hopeless Sound
Katsuren Okinawa
2008-01-14 00:00:00 {mosimage}Images from the quiet area of Okinawa known as Katsuren. The most traveled part of Katsuren is Katsuren Castle, yet the area surrounding Katsuren Castle is covered in sugarcane farms and beautiful beaches that line the western side of the island of Okinawa. Pictured below is an 80-year-old sugarcane farmer in Katsuren Village.Katsuren PhotosPlease click a thumbnail to load a high resolution image.{gallery}Katsuren{/galler-y} {mosgmap mapid=15} No part of this art ...
Okinawa News headlines November 28
2007-11-30 00:00:00 Google News Alert for: okinawa"The" way vs "a" way (Japan v China dept) Atlantic Online - USA This is the recent scene: yesterday afternoon, Naha airport, Okinawa, Japan. Line crew gassing up a Cirrus SR22: Details to notice below: crew identically ... Japan book row reopens old wounds Aljazeera.net - Qatar The issue is one of the country's most notorious wartime incidents: during the US invas ...
Okinawa Blog headlines November 27
2007-11-28 00:00:00 Why I'm in Japan By James Fallows Fuji and down along the southern coast of Japan's main island, Honshu; past Kyoto and Hiroshima; to Kagoshima, on the southern island of Kyushu; and, after a stop, from there down the island chain to Okinawa.The next day, to Taiwan. ... November 25, 2007 By Joseph Mallozzi(Joseph Mallozzi) Answer: Fondy and I had considered going to Okinawa this year, but had to cancel our holiday plans ...
Okinawa News headlines November 27
2007-11-28 00:00:00 News headlines for: okinawaEat your veggies, says study on Okinawa diet Stars and Stripes - Washington,DC,USA By Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes At least that's what Americans participating in an Okinawa longevity study have taken to heart firsthand. ... Bryant man uncovers Japanese flag uncle obtained during WWII Benton Courier - Benton,AR,USA Wayne Downey of Bryant talks about the Japanese flag his unc ...
Okinawa Blog headlines November 26
2007-11-27 00:00:00 November 26 Blogs for: okinawaGuam urged to adopt Okinawa tourism model By Added Entry(Added Entry) A HIGH-ranking official of a major luxury retailer on island has urged Guam leaders to learn from the experience of Okinawa, which managed to build a vibrant tourism industry despite hosting thousands of US military personnel. ... I found a statue of Cliff Gray in Okinawa... By Wesley R. Gray(Wesley R. Gray ...
Okinawa News headlines November 26
2007-11-27 00:00:00 November 26 News for: okinawaFunds for development in Okinawa unfrozen The Japan Times - Japan Local governments in Okinawa have proposed that the runways be built further offshore to reduce the noise impact on nearby residential areas. ... Guam urged to adopt Okinawa tourism model Marianas Variety - Saipan,Northern Mariana Islands,Micronesia By Gerardo R. Partido A HIGH-ranking official of a major ...
1872-2007 Tracks of Okinawa Culture
2007-11-26 00:00:00 Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum(Naha city)Okinawa Prefectural Museum & Art Museum098-941-820011/01/2007 - 2/24/2008
Shima Uta: the greatest Okinawa-related song ever
2007-11-16 01:42:00 When I went to Okinawa, Japan in November 2000 to undergo a course the first local song we were all taught is Shima Uta (= Island Song). It’s a beautiful song - one song and you’re hooked. I’d even say it’s on par with the greatest Japanese songs of all time - the classic Sukiyaki ...
By: Chronicles
Nigerian Tarento Bobby Ologun in Okinawa
2007-10-19 12:58:00 In this video, Bobby Ologun, along with his beautiful sidekick, go to Amami island in Okinawa to see fisherman (Mini-kitesan) gather scrumptious tropical fish using a Japanese feather duster (Hataki). There is an interesting twist to this show as the fishermen tell Bobby and his companion that it is easier for them to put their ...
Company Profile for The Okinawa Electric Power Co symbol lookup
2007-10-11 11:00:00 Reuters UK - The Construction segment is involved in the construction of electrical distribution, electric, civil engineering and construction works, the research, design and construction supervision... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Secret US - Japanese Agreement On Nuclear Weapons
2007-10-08 04:53:00 A Japanese professor doing research uncovered a secret document from the Nixon administration in which the United States and Japan agree nuclear weapons can be brought into Japan in exchange for having the island of Okinawa revert to control of its mother country. The document, dated November 12, 13. 1969 was written by National Security ...
Baby Giant Manta Ray at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobucho, Okinawa
2007-10-04 20:46:00 A baby giant manta ray swims inside a huge fish tank at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Motobucho, Okinawa Prefecture (State), southwestern Japan, Saturday, June 16, 2007. The female manta was born earlier in the day, becoming the first manta to be born inside a fish tank, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium) ** NO SALES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY **
Japanese Government Urged To Tell Truth About WWII
2007-10-03 14:18:00 As the American public watches the Ken Burns, The War, which vividly describes fighting in WWII, some Japanese civilians are insisting their government finally tell the truth about what happened to civilians on Okinawa. Over 100,000 Okinawans demonstrated in hope their government would finally issue textbooks for children depicting the reality of how Japan’s military ...
Company Profile for The Okinawa Electric Power Co symbol lookup
2007-09-22 05:17:00 Reuters UK - The Construction segment is involved in the construction of electrical distribution, electric, civil engineering and construction works, the research, design and construction supervision... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: Engineers Voice
Okinawa sanshin, musubi and spam burgers?the tin can connection
2007-09-19 10:12:00 It appears that people in Okinawa make good use of tin cans and things that come from tin cans. I did a little research and found some proof for my theory. The first two pictures below are handmade kankara sanshin–a three stringed instrument made from tin cans. This style became popular during and after WWII ...
Tutti salvi i passeggeri dell?aereo incendiatosi a Okinawa
2007-08-20 11:38:00 I passeggeri e l’equipaggio dell’aereo incendiatosi sulla pista dell’aeroporto di Okinawa sarebbero tutti salvi. Boeing 737, Okinawa, Taiwan
Interview: "Doubles" Director Regge Life
2007-08-15 00:19:00 ??????? JapanVisitor.com spoke with filmmaker Regge Life while he was in Okinawa. His film Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children will be screened at the upcoming Kansai International Film Festival. Life is an award-winner director: four CINE Golden Eagles, a Sony Innovator of 1991, and he has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy for work on Sesame Street. He is in addition the founder and director of the Global Film Network. Let's start with a bit about you. Well, I?m originally from New York, worked in theater, and then attended NYU film school in the?70s. In the late ?70s early ?80s I was doing ethnographic documentaries. I returned to West Africa, where I had studied in college, I did some work in the Caribbean and also in South America. For financial reasons, however, I stopped doing the docs?they just don?t pay. My real background was in the theater, to which I then returned. What is your connection to Japan? As a filmmaker I had always had a...
J-Rock & Okinawa Music Festival News
2007-07-17 23:04:00 If you?re in Japan for four successive weekends starting at the end of July, you will have a...
By: Neverslair Blog
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
2007-05-26 00:00:00 With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa, a timeless classic about the US Marine Corps' bloody island battle against Japan, just got a new reprint (with a cover image different from the older one above). Anyone who hasn't read E. B. Sledge's masterpiece should buy or borrow a ...
By: History Books
Japanese Snack Review: Okinawa Kokuto Goma Shoga
2007-04-07 20:01:00 One of my favorite aspects of anime culture so far, has been the snacks. And if you scratch the...
By: Neverslair Blog
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