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Last Update: September 7, 2012 News
Health Gliding Over the Edge Off the WallIn the past weeks we have explored dive sites that may have turtles, while on other occasions we have searched for clownfish and lionfish. Today we are going to look for the excitement of WALL DIVING. Read More! Around World Boat Race Diverts to OkinawaEights yachts racing around the world made an unscheduled stop in Ginowan Marina last week when a storm off Yokohama damaged some mainsails and they could not complete their planned route. They were meant to race from Shanghai to Hong Kong but as Okinawa was about half way, it seemed a good place to put in before the next stage of the race. Read More!Education Urasoe High School Girl Wins Tokyo Speech Contest TwiceThe recent 17th International Commercial High School English Speech Contest in Tokyo was won by Choan Matayoshi, in the 11th grade at the Okinawa Prefecture Urasoe Commercial High School, Tourism department. Since the start of this English Speech Contest, nobody has ever won the contest two consecutive years in a row, but I am very proud to announce that Choan Matayoshi is the first ever to achieve this feat. Read More!Community Asia Child Support Stops Children Living in ManholesIt would be difficult to come up with a more extreme definition of deprivation than that of abandoned children living in manholes in 30 degree sub-zero temperatures. Tetsurou Ikema who runs Asia Child Support, an Okinawa City NGO, is dedicated to helping the victims of such conditions, which he encountered when visiting Mongolia. Read More!TravelOpinionTorii “Scuba Gods” Look Down on UsBeing a pretty avid diver and a patron (former) of Torii SCUBA, the question begs to be asked? What is going on there? Torii used to be a great place to go to hang out, get great good and a good atmosphere. Now the negativity there towards everyone on Okinawa makes me never want to go there. Read More!Honor the Emmons, Quit Pillaging HerI will not sit by and let this disgrace go by any further. I have heard through reliable sources that certain individuals are pillaging the USS Emmons. Read More!Japanese Captain Was Not to BlameThis is in regards to "Japanese Captain Should Share Some Blame." First of all, I am an American citizen and think that the collision between the American submarine and the Japanese fishing boat was a terrible accident. Read More!Gourmet Henoko Restaurant Offers Friendship and MemoriesTucked away on the narrow streets of Henoko, Oceans has been part of Okinawa deployment-memories for U.S. Read More! |
   
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