"Prime Minister Abe, who is the second perpetrator of the murder case? You are", Tamaki Ai, a student of University of the Ryukyus, said during Sunday's massive rally in Naha, capital city of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa.
Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets of Okinawa in Japan's southernmost Prefecture on Sunday to express their ongoing anger at the disproportionate presence of U.S. military personnel on the island and the crimes committed by them, in particular the brutal rape and murder of a local women by a base-linked worker recently.
Police in Okinawa in Japan's southernmost prefecture issued a further arrest warrant on an already detained former U.S. Marine and base worker for the rape and murder of a 20-year old local woman in April as Okinawans are becoming increasingly incensed at the U.S. presence on the island, local media reported Thursday.
Candidates opposed to a plan to relocate a key US military base within Okinawa gained a majority in the prefectural assembly election on Sunday, giving a boost to Governor Takeshi Onaga’s efforts to block construction of the new base in the island prefecture.
Okinawa Governor Takeshi Onaga has received a huge boost to his tireless campaign to block the transfer of a highly-controversial U.S. military base within Japan' s southernmost prefecture, following candidates also opposing the relocation plan gaining a majority in the prefectural assembly election there on Sunday as anti-U.S. sentiment continues to rise on the island.
A U.S. Navy officer was arrested on Sunday for drunk driving in Japanese southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa.
The Okinawa prefectural parliament passed a resolution Thursday, protesting against the murder of a 20-year-old local woman by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian and demanding the withdrawal of U.S. Marines from the southernmost island prefecture.
A former U.S. Marine's rape and killing of an Okinawa woman adds gloom to the elite club-styled Group of Seven (G7) summit, which kicked off here on Thursday.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has lodged a protest with U.S. President Barack Obama over the incident that led to the arrest of an American man working at a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture on suspicion of abandoning the body of a Japanese woman. At the same time, A massive rally is being prepared by political parties, businesses and civic groups in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture to protest.
U.S. President Barack Obama extended "sincerest condolences and deepest regrets" over the murder of a Japanese woman by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian here late Wednesday at a meeting with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Some 4,000 people in Okinawa rallied in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base on Wednesday, protesting against the murder of a local woman by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian.
Residents here were again reminded of the troubling presence of U.S. military bases when a 20-year-old local woman was found slain on May 19, the latest in more than 60 years of tragic incidents.
Following the murder of a 20-year-old local woman in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost prefecture, by a U.S. military-affiliated civilian, the prefectural government on Tuesday has amped up its demands for the U.S. to reduce its military footprint on the tiny island as anti-U.S. sentiment in the region continues to surge.
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday to review the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement in the wake of the arrest last week of a former U.S. Marine for abandoning the dead body of a Japanese women in the prefecture.
Protesters staged a silent rally on May 22 in front of Camp Zukeran in Okinawa Prefecture to mourn the death of a 20-year-old local woman who was found slain last week.
The Governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga, said Thursday he has requested a meeting with soon-to-be visiting U.S. President Barack Obama concerning the recent arrest of a male civilian working for the U.S. military in the prefecture, for his alleged raping, strangling and dumping of the body of a local woman.
Defence Minister Gen Nakatani lodged a protest with the commander of US forces in Okinawa on Saturday after the arrest of a civilian base worker over the death of a local woman stoked anger among islanders already feeling burdened with the heavy US military presence.
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