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Top in Category › Okinawa island overcomes runway expansion dispute, finds hot spring

The Tomigusuku city government in Okinawa Prefecture is taking a step toward making a tiny uninhabited island a site for visitors to relax at a… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Fri, Jul 03 2009

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20 May 08 visit Top in Category › A must for anyone going to Okinawa  »  Japan Today For anyone planning a trip to Okinawa, the Okinawa Island Guide 2008-2009 is a must. The 122-page glossy magazine is chock full of information about…
14 May 07 visit Okinawa city rips efforts to alter textbooks  »  Japan Times NAHA, Okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) The city assembly of Tomigusuku, Okinawa Prefecture, called Monday on the education ministry to retract its instructions to textbook publishers to modify statements that... Read more . . .
02 Oct 09 visit Top in Category › Japan Transocean Air launches new OKINAWA Island Pass  »  Japan Today Japan Transocean Air (JTA), a JAL Group subsidiary, has launched a new fare product, the OKINAWA Island Pass. Available to foreign tourists visiting Okinawa, the…
24 Mar 09 visit National › Object taken on flight to remote Okinawa island was grenade  »  Japan Today An object that a university student from Kanagawa Prefecture picked up on the shore of Okinawa Island last week and took on a flight to…
28 Apr 08 visit National › M5.2 quake rocks Miyako Island, vicinity in Okinawa  »  Japan Today An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2 jolted Miyako Island, Okinawa Prefecture, and the vicinity early Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There…

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