On the evening of the 29th of August, Ministry of Defense officials announced that Kadena town, Okinawa city and Chatan town would not qualify for special government subsidies from the Defense ministry.
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Chatan,Kadena, and Okinawa City lose funds
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Piercing Bolt is the Culprit of Airline Fire and Explosion
A ground crew man who witnessed fuel leaking from a Boeing 737 gave not only warning for the passengers and the crew of said flight, but also the first lead as to what caused the fire and subsequent explosion.
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China Air Flight Up in Flames
Monday morning on the 20th of August has brought Okinawa back into the
world spotlight. This time is for the unhappy reason of the China
Airlines flight number 52 bursting into flames after parking at the
gate.
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China Airlines Boeing 737 burns at Naha Airport
All passengers and crew are safe. Here’s the link for the Google translation of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper web site.
The BBC news site has photos and a video of the incident
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Vitamin C Rich Hearty Goya and Tofu Salad Recipe
Ingredients for 2 people
Go-ya (better melon) 1/3 melon
Tomato 1/2 fruit
Tofu (momentofu) 1/2 package
Home made salad dressing
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Vitamin C Rich Hearty Goya and Tofu Salad Recipe
(Recipe and Photos by Yuko Jones)
Ingredient for 2 people
Go-ya (better melon) 1/3 melon
Tomato 1/2 fruit
Tofu (momentofu) 1/2 package
Home made salad dressing …
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Konan gets Taken out!
Konan High School, the Okinawan prefecture champion and representative to the 89th Annual National Baseball Summer Tournament, lost. Their opponent in the second round was Bunsei Fuzoku High School, representing Toguchi Prefecture, about one hour north by train from Tokyo, home of the famous Nikko Shrine.
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Konan wins first round!!!
Konan High School, Okinawa Prefecture Baseball champions and representative to the National Baseball tournament won their first round game today, 3-2. In this single-elimination styled tournament, the Konan vs. Okayama Ridaifuzoku was the 2nd game of 23 in the first round.
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Konan is ready to Battle!!
On August 8th, 2007, Konan High School, Okinawa Prefecture Baseball Champions and Prefecture Representative to the National Baseball tournament finally have an opportunity to play.
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Itokazu Wins Upper-House seat from Ruling LDP Party
Keiko Itokazu won a victory for one of the Okinawan upper house seats in Japan’s parliamentary elections, Sunday, July 29th. She beat incumbent Junshiro Nishime for the seat. All over Japan, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) incumbent’s suffered defeat after defeat. This can be seen as a barometer of public sentiment, against the ruling party and especially their leader, Prime Minister Abe. National issues plaguing the LDP include a decades old recession, the LDP’s push to amend the Macarthur inspired, Post WWII Japanese constitution to allow for more ‘offensive’ postures to participate in the global war on terror. To top this off, various scandals continue to surface throughout government, even a number of Abe’s own cabinet ministers have had forced resignations as well as one suicide.
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