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[2012-09-07] A Marine Corporal winding up a three-year tour on Okinawa ran afoul of the Japanese Firearm and Sword Control Law, which prohibits keeping ammunition in his personal property.
Corporal Cornelius Exebia Grier Jr. Read More! [2012-09-07] A pair of 16-year-old high school students and two teenage construction workers have been arrested for breaking into a Urasoe City high school.
The four boys have confessed to the charges, admitting they stole about ¥55,000 from the school’s dining facility. Read More! [2012-09-07] One of the world’s strongest soccer clubs, Real Madrid, has teamed with its Foundation from Spain’s First League and is preparing to open a school in Ishigaki City.
The Real Madrid Foundation Academy Ishigaki is headed by Manuel Pareno Rodrigues, who’s already inspected the location in Soccer Park Akanma when the school starts in November. Read More! [2012-09-07] A pair of swimmers visiting from mainland Japan found themselves in trouble in northern Okinawa, when an emergency call to the Nakijin Fire Station reported one of the men was missing near Motobu.
The Nago Coast Guard Office and Nago Police immediately began a search for the missing man, with the Coast Guard patrol boat Nagotsuki joining the search. Read More! [2012-09-07] Okinawa’s put it seal of production and approval on two new species of mango, the Natsu-Kobeni and the Ti-rara.
Until now, these kind of mangoes were imported from America, and the new mangoes grown in Japan for the first time have received a trademark registration. Read More! [2012-09-07] Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University is moving ahead with new science and technology program.
The new university programs at the Tancha district of Onna Village school were launched this past week, marking the official start f business at the OIST. Read More! [2012-09-07] Okinawans opposed to deployment of the MV -22 Osprey aircraft to the island this fall are mustering up demonstrators to share the weekend with them.
Residents seeking to block deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft to the island are hoping for thousands to turn out Sunday morning at Ginowan Seaside Park. Read More! [2012-09-07] A 5 a.m. Read More! [2012-09-07] Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which along with the national government wants to buy the disputed Senkaku Islands in southwestern Okinawa Prefecture, has had a team drifting in waters of the East China Sea to study the three islands it wants to buy from the Japanese owner.
Tokyo wanted to land on three of the islands – Uotsuri, Kitakojima and Minamikojima — but was warned by the central government to not set foot on the land. Read More! [2012-09-07] A 26-year-old man working at a car recycling plant in Urasoe City has been arrested by Ginowan Police for violating the stimulants Control Law.
Police are investigating where Hayato Tanahara picked up the stimulants. Read More!
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