1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (361+ words) Naha, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--With one week to go before the gubernatorial election in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the relationship between the central government and the island prefecture has emerged as a new point of contention. In…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (373+ words) Urasoe, Okinawa Pref., Sept. 4 (Jiji Press)--A majority of residents in Okinawa Prefecture are constantly opposed to the planned relocation of the U.S. Futenma base in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal district in Nago, another city in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (168+ words) Tokyo, Sept. 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan and Mongolia agreed Thursday to cooperate on expanding Chinggis Khaan International Airport, which was constructed with Japan's official development assistance. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and his Mongolian counterpart, Batmunkh Battsetseg, reached the agreement at…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (191+ words) Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 26 (Jiji Press)--A Chinese research vessel has left Japan's exclusive economic zone off Hateruma Island in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, the Japan Coast Guard said. The Xiang Yang Hong 03 was spotted extending what appeared to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (370+ words) Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)--Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is increasingly concerned over a possible impact of a money scandal at the Fukuoka prefectural assembly on its campaign for next spring's unified local elections. Isao Kurauchi, head of the assembly…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (186+ words) Fukuoka, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima has said that he would not seek a fifth term in the Nov. 15 election. "I want to pass the baton to the next generation," Takashima, 51, who is serving his fourth term as…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (341+ words) Fukuoka, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--Fukuoka prefectural assembly head Isao Kurauchi said in a statement Monday that he will resign as a member of the assembly of the southwestern Japan prefecture. His announcement came at a time when the prefectural assembly…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (361+ words) Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Liberal Democratic Party is ready to devote its maximum resources to win the Sept. 13 gubernatorial election in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. LDP executives will visit the island prefecture one after another to…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (145+ words) Fukuoka, Aug. 17 (Jiji Press)--Fukuoka prefectural assembly speaker Isao Kurauchi plans to step down amid a high-profile money scandal involving the Liberal Democratic Party group in the assembly of the southwestern Japan prefecture, it was learned Monday. According to several…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (47+ words) Naha, Okinawa Pref., Aug. 14 (Jiji Press)--With only a month left to go until the Sept. 13 Okinawa gubernatorial election, neither of the two main potential candidates has been able to secure decisive support in the closely watched race for the…...