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Okinawa village drops lectures by U.S. general after protest

Okinawa village drops lectures by U.S. general after protest

NAHA, Japan - Keishun Koja, chief of Chinen village in Okinawa Prefecture, announces Feb. 26 that the village canceled planned lectures by Lt. Gen. Wallace Gregson, a top-ranked U.S. general on the island, apparently over protests from school teachers and others. Gregson was scheduled to speak at the village's elementary and junior high schools on Feb. 27.

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Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Nago mayor expresses opposition to security bills

Photo taken July 6, 2015, in Naha, the capital of Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa, shows a meeting of a House of Representatives panel to hear opinions on national security bills. Among the witnesses -- (from L) Ishigaki Mayor Yoshitaka Nakayama, Tomokazu Takamine, former president of the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper in Okinawa, Nanjo Mayor Keishun Koja, former Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota and Nago Mayor Susumu Inamie. Inamie expressed his opposition to the bills, saying they are "extremely dangerous as they could increase people's anxiety and change Japan's way of being." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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