Tag: Okinawa
Okinawa rape cases spark hostility toward U.S. soldiers
In Japan, two recent cases of sexual assault by American soldiers near the Okinawa base have rekindled the debate over the presence of US troops on the strategically located island.…
Japan: more than 760,000 inhabitants of the Okinawa islands called to evacuate in view of Typhoon Khanun
Local authorities in Okinawa have called on more than 760,000 residents of these southern Japanese islands to evacuate their homes and seek shelter in shelters as Typhoon Khanun approaches on…
These 20 pearls of Japan: Okinawa
Asia Navigate by keyboard Previous Next A 2h30 flight from Tokyo, the Okinawa archipelago is less popular with tourists. However, this destination worthy of a postcard landscape allows you to…
Okinawa, fifty years after its restitution by the United States, remains a strategic forward base
The Japanese archipelago of Okinawa celebrates this Sunday, May 15, the fiftieth anniversary of its retrocession by the Americans to the Japanese. The festivities organized for the occasion, however, are…