Defeated incumbent Hirokazu Nakaima had agreed for it to move to a new location in the island’s north despite widespread public opposition. “The governor’s decision in December of last year ...

Kennedy met with Okinawa’s governor, Hirokazu Nakaima, who has agreed to relocate a U.S. base from a densely populated urban area to a more remote location. But a decades-long movement of ...

Hirokazu Nakaima. "It was recognized that there are defects in the approval and we decided that rescinding it is reasonable," Onaga told a press conference at the prefectural office building in ...

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs ...

Caroline Kennedy (left) met Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima during her visit US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy is making her first visit to Okinawa island, amid ongoing opposition to plans ...

Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima told Defense Minister Satoshi Morimoto in a meeting Sunday he could not accept the U.S. plan to deploy the new aircraft, which combine airplane-like wings with rotors ...

Okinawan Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima signed off Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, on the long-awaited relocation of the U.S. military base, a major step toward allowing the U.S. to move forward with plans to ...

The Governor of Okinawa Prefectural Government, Mr. Hirokazu Nakaima and Changi Airport Senior Advisor, Mr. Wong Woon Liong, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen the ...

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