U.S. military police in Okinawa Prefecture temporarily detained a civilian by mistake in the city of Okinawa on Nov. 22, a joint U.S.-Japan government panel has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/us-military-police-detain-civilian-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usmilitary #usbases #okinawa #usjapanrelations
The United States has informed Japan of its hope to additionally use heavy weapons, such as antitank missiles and rocket launchers, in training at Ground Self-Defense Force firing ranges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/us-heavy-weapons-use-gsdf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usjapanrelations #okinawa #gsdf #defense #rockets #missiles #defenseministry #hokkaido #miyagi #yamanashi #shizuoka #oita
A suicide note left by a negotiator for the 1972 Okinawa reversion — which describes the envoy’s grief over brokering a secret nuclear agreement with the U.S. — is now on display. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/history/okinawa-reversion-envoy-note/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #keiwakaizumi #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #nuclearweapons
Okinawa Prefecture’s image of “islands blessed with children” might not be entirely accurate when it comes to its remote islands and isolated communities, which struggle with acute depopulation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/society/okinawa-remote-islands-depopulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #population #depopulation #rurallife #localgovernment
Okinawa development funds to see first rise in 10 years https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/18/japan/japan-okinawa-development-funds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ldp #okinawa #budgets #yukoobuchi
Beijing wants the world to believe that unification with Taiwan represents the rightful and intended state of the postwar system. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/12/japan/china-guardian-of-postwar-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #china #taiwan #us #chinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #okinawa #ccp #defense
The U.S. shift to transactional engagement leaves middle powers exposed but able to shape a multipolar world through defense, partnerships, and economic resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/11/world/trump-putin-and-xis-great-power-world/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #sanaetakaichi #donaldtrump #xijinpingeurope #middleeast #asia #firstislandchain #okinawa #taiwan #russia #ukraine #hongkong #uyghurs #australia #southkorea #asean #quad #india #nato
China’s escalating backlash to Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks backfired by reinforcing Japan’s long-held position on Taiwan, strengthening ties among the self-governing island, Japan, the U.S. and First Island Chain partners. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/12/10/japan/chinas-takaichi-attack-backfires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #sanaetakaichi #china #taiwan #uschinajapanrelations #taiwanjapanrelations #treatyofsanfrancisco #chinesecommunistparty #onechinapolicy #usnationalsecuritystrategy #firstislandchain #okinawa
American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris has been released three weeks after his arrest in Okinawa on suspicion of drug smuggling while prosecutors investigate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/10/entertainment-news/jeremy-o-harris-drug-release/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #entertainmentnews #emilyinparis #jeremyoharris #drugs #okinawa #smuggling
A Chinese military fighter jet twice locked its fire radar on SDF aircraft over international waters southeast of Okinawa Prefecture on Saturday, as ties between the neighbors continue to plunge to fresh lows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/china-japan-radar-lock-on/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #china #chinajapanrelations #sdf #defense #pla #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #okinawa
Prominent American playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris has been arrested in Japan on suspicion of drug smuggling, according to local media reports. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/05/jeremy-o-harris-okinawa-arrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #jeremyoharris #drugs #okinawa #smuggling
An international school in Okinawa is attracting many families from Tokyo seeking international education for their children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/society/okinawa-educational-relocation-international-school/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa #education #schools #okinawainternationalschool
The central government and Okinawa Prefecture remain apart over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/politics/japan-okinawa-futenma-base-relocation-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #futenma #usbases #dennytamaki #minorukihara
The Okinawa Prefectural Government said Monday that water supply is expected to be cut off in 17 municipalities in the central and southern parts of the prefecture’s main island due to a large-scale leak. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/okinawa-water-outages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #water
The government of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to accelerate efforts to strengthen defense capabilities in the country's strategically important Nansei southwestern region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/24/japan/japan-nansei-islands-defense/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #okinawa #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #defense #yonaguni
Japan’s defense minister, visiting a military base close to Taiwan, said plans to deploy missiles to the post were on track as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over the East Asian island. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/23/japan/japan-deploying-missiles-to-island-near-taiwan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #yonaguni #ishigaki #miyako #okinawa #taiwan #china #usmilitary #shinjirokoizumi #sanaetakaichi #sdf
Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
Coastal erosion is threatening to reduce the populations of three types of endangered sea turtles known to nest in Okinawa Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/okinawa-sea-turtles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #oceans #okinawa #environment #seaturtles #endangered
The Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a U.S. Marine Corps warrant officer on suspicion he assaulted a restaurant worker in the prefectural capital of Naha. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/crime-legal/us-marine-arrest-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #japanesepolice #usmilitary
Please check out my cute シーサー dressed up as a ゴーヤー saying ハイサイ handkerchief I got in #Okinawa ❤️
