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Stationed in Okinawa, Japan, my son and his wife were expecting their first baby. I was elated when he called me at work with the news of my grandchild`s birth. I took down all the statistics and turned to relate it all to my co-workers.”I`m a grandmother!” I declared. “It`s a baby girl, and she weighs five pounds.”"When was she born?” ...

During the spring and summer months my weekends are occupied with photographing festivals. I live in Okinawa, Japan. For an island only about 65 miles long, it must have more festivals per capita than anywhere else on earth. A festival (matsuri in Japanese) here, is like any county fair; crowds by the thousands, ...

... government said an American airbase should be moved off southern Okinawa to a more remote islet or to Guam. Doves Take The Floor ... DPJ had vowed to fight the transfer of Marines within Okinawa because of the noise and danger associated with their presence among civilians. But since coming ... hopes of outspoken voters and politicians who want Marines out of Okinawa. Japan Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada ...

WASHINGTON- Representatives of conservation, animal protection, and peace and justice groups representing more than 10 million Americans hand-delivered a letter Thursday to the White House and State Department urging President Barack Obama to cancel plans to expand a U.S. military base near Henoko in Okinawa, Japan.

... His government has called for the US to move its troops off the island, and even Japan altogether. The new administration in Tokyo has also ordered an investigation into secret US-Japan deals ratified by previous governments. Washington has about 47,000 troops based in ... rape of a schoolgirl by three US servicemen infuriated residents of Okinawa. Japan's Defense ministry proposes ...

This is a Japanese video about protests in Okinawa against the US military base. From Kyodo news agency in Japan: Fukushima hints at quitting coalition if Futemma remains in Okinawa TOKYO, Dec. 3 Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima hinted Thursday that her party may leave the ruling coalition if the ...

... Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. The English and Japanese versions of this letter can also be found on Japan Focus and the Tokyo ... USMC Futenma Base and return its land to Okinawa in 1996, with the condition that a replacement facility be constructed ... combat element and aviation combat element out of Okinawa. Indeed, it would be more logical and beneficial for the USMC if all the elements of the Marine ...

Obama, in Japan, Says U.S. Will Study Status of a Marine Base on Okinawa The decision, announced at a news conference with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama just ... , appears to represent a concession by the Obama administration to at least consider Japan’s concerns about the base, which is unpopular on Okinawa and which the new Japanese government had promised to try to move off ...

... military base in Okinawa. The two leaders met reporters for a news briefing. Obama said he began his visit in Japan because ... 's something that would be meaningful to me," Obama said. Noting that Japan and the United States are the world's two leading ... Afghanistan and Pakistan," said Obama, who thanked Japan for its aid to Afghanistan, as well as Pakistan. "This underscores ...