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'Have a big dream,' NASA chief tells Japan youths

NAHA, Japan - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks to students at Kaiho Senior High School in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2009. ''Never be afraid of failure, have a big dream,'' Bolden said during his visit to Japan to discuss with government officials how to boost private-sector bilateral cooperation in space development.

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'Have a big dream,' NASA chief tells Japan youths

NAHA, Japan - NASA Administrator Charles Boldens (R) and his wife Alexis (L) smile as they are surrounded by students at Kaiho Senior High School in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2009. Bolden, who is visiting Japan to meet with Japanese government officials, told students in a speech to ''never be afraid of failure, have a big dream.'

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Ex-Himeyuri student relates experience of Battle of Okinawa

Momoko Yonaha, a former member of the Himeyuri Student Corps that consisted of female high school students mobilized as nursing personnel during World War II, talks about her experience of the 1945 Battle of Okinawa on a bus during a tour on July 11, 2015, in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture. The tour visiting battlefield sites with surviving former Himeyuri students was held for the first time in 20 years in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese artist completes peace mural painting journey

Photo taken June 5, 2017, shows a painting of a pigeon holding a white daisy flower in its mouth on the wall of Hakuai Hospital in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa awaits verdict on info disclosure suit

HAEBARU, Japan - Former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota talks about the importance of information disclosure at his office in Naha on April 2, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa awaits verdict on info disclosure suit

HAEBARU, Japan - Kazuhiko Nakamoto stands in front of documents at the Okinawa Prefectural Archives during an interview with Kyodo News in the town of Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3, 2010. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa awaits verdict on info disclosure suit

HAEBARU, Japan - Hiroshi Ashitomi stages a sit-in protest in the Henoko area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 2, 2010, to protest against the possible relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station there. (Kyodo)

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Guided tour inside Okinawa WWII army hospital cave

A guide (C) explains about the Okinawa Imperial Japanese Army Hospital Cave in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2015, where members of the all-female Himeyuri student corps were mobilized in 1945 as nurses to care for injured Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stench in Okinawa WWII army hospital cave reproduced on guided tour

Katsuya Uechi, a guide at the Haebaru Culture Center, holds out on Jan. 22, 2015, a bottle containing the replicated stench endured by members of the all-female Himeyuri student corps when mobilized in 1945 as nurses to care for injured Japanese soldiers at the Okinawa Imperial Japanese Army Hospital Cave (background) in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan. Uechi hopes that replicating the smell will help visitors better understand the harsh conditions during the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa referendum on U.S. base relocation

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2019, shows a banner on a street in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, calling on voters to support the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within the island prefecture in a Feb. 24 local referendum. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon Trami

Photo shows a backstop blown over by winds from powerful Typhoon Trami in a schoolyard in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Sept. 30, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Typhoon Trami approaching southern Japan

Photo shows a traffic light in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sept. 29, 2018, not functioning due to a blackout as typhoon Trami approaches Japan's southernmost prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Have a big dream,' NASA chief tells Japan youths

NAHA, Japan - NASA Administrator Charles Boldens (R) and his wife Alexis (L) smile as they are surrounded by students at Kaiho Senior High School in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2009. Bolden, who is visiting Japan to meet with Japanese government officials, told students in a speech to ''never be afraid of failure, have a big dream.' (Kyodo)

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'Have a big dream,' NASA chief tells Japan youths

NAHA, Japan - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden speaks to students at Kaiho Senior High School in Haebaru, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2009. ''Never be afraid of failure, have a big dream,'' Bolden said during his visit to Japan to discuss with government officials how to boost private-sector bilateral cooperation in space development. (Kyodo)

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Okinawa town begins Canadian festival ahead of G-8 summit

HAEBARU, Japan - The town of Haebaru in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, opens a Canadian cultural festival on Feb. 25, initiating a series of festivals in the prefecture that will take place until late May. The festivals will introduce the cultures of Japan's Group of Eight (G-8) partners ahead of July's G-8 summit to be held in Okinawa.