Naha β Okinawa Prefecture on Sunday marked 50 years since its reversion to Japan from U.S. rule as residentsβ frustrations continue over a weak local economy and the ever-present U.S. military bases despite decades of protest. Top officials from the central and prefectural governments, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Gov. Denny Tamaki, are slated
100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, May 16, 1922 First public womenβs political gathering held under new law Following the announcement that the law passed by the last session of the Imperial Diet giving Japanese women the privilege of attending political meetings, a law promulgated May 10, a thousand or more women attended and participated in the
It will mark the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15 this year.Since the unique law on advancement in Okinawa was enacted in 1972, the main government has actually taken numerous measures to fix variations between the prefecture and the rest of the country.On Thursday, parliament passed into law a bill to
Hokkaido logged a record 3,002 brand-new infections and one death.Okinawa Prefecture, which has actually seen its case count gradually drop in current days, reported 979 brand-new infections, down from 1,313 a week ago.Elsewhere, Gunma, Iwate and Okayama recorded records highs.On Friday, the nationwide tally reached 81,822, setting a new record for the fourth consecutive day.”
Naha– Incumbent Taketoyo Toguchi won a 2nd term as Nago mayor in the southern prefecture of Okinawa on Sunday, in a relief for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is pushing for the controversial moving of a U.S. military base to the citys coastal area.Toguchi, 60, backed by the Liberal Democratic Party and its union partner
