Preparing for possibilities: Japan’s frontier islanders decry lack of plan to aid Taiwanese fleeing attack
TIM KELLY, KAORI KONEKO and YUKIKO TOYODA, of Reuters, report from Yonaguni…
Typhoon Khanun kills two in Japan’s Okinawa, injures at least 62
Tokyo, JapanReuters Typhoon Khanun pounded Japan’s south-western Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures with heavy rain and gusty winds for a second straight day on Thursday, leaving two dead and moving so slowly its damaging impact could be prolonged. Khanun, which means “jackfruit” in Thai, was heading slowly northwest in the East China Sea as of early […]
Chinese aircraft, ships remain around Taiwan after drills end
Taipei, Taiwan Reuters Chinese warplanes and navy ships were still in the waters around Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said on Tuesday after the end of three days of war games, as Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen criticised Beijing for its “irresponsible” behaviour. China began the exercises on Saturday after Tsai returned to Taipei following a […]
Japan’s Okinawa may be on the front lines again as it marks anniversary of US handover
Miyako Island, JapanReuters Seihan Nakazato wants the missile trucks on the base next to his melon farm to leave, but few others on Okinawa’s Miyako island, he complains, are demanding that Japan’s army remove such weapons, which he says would make them a target for China. “We are a small community and there are lots […]
Snapshot: Aquarium, Okinawa, Japan
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Controversy erupts over Bible in Okinawa US naval hospital display
RNS US Navy officials are investigating complaints about the placement of a Bible in a public display about POW/MIAs at the US Naval Hospital Okinawa, the service’s largest overseas medical facility. The investigation, opened Friday, follows the filing of a complaint by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, a non-profit established to promote religious freedom in the US […]