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3 men to run for Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Three men filed their candidacies Jan. 15 for the upcoming mayoral election in Nago, where the major issue for the Okinawa Prefecture city is whether it should host the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station. The three vying to succeed retiring Mayor Tateo Kishimoto are (file photos from L to R) Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, Munehiro Gakiya, 59, an independent, and Yoshitami Oshiro, 65, supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party and Social Democratic Party.

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Aso fails to win nod from Okinawa officials over base plan

NAHA, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, responds to reporters' questions at a Naha hotel on Nov. 25 after talks with Foreign Minister Taro Aso over a Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within Okinawa. Aso was unable to win the mayor's support.

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Koizumi arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is welcomed May 16 by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from L) as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, to attend a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Pool photo)

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Qarase arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (C) shakes hands May 16 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, for a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum.

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(1)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto (L), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office July 29 in Tokyo after agreeing with cabinet ministers on a plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago as the site for an airport to replace U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa.

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Incumbent wins in Nago mayoral election in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto (C front), the incumbent mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and his supporters celebrate his win in the mayoral election Feb. 3 in Nago. Kishimoto repeated his pledge to continue supporting the central government's plan to relocate U.S. military heliport functions to Nago.

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

NAHA, Japan - A member of the French navy on Dec. 4 pays respects to the tombs of two French sailors who died of illness in 1846 while their ship made a port call in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, then part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. A ceremony was held the same day to honor symbolically a promise the navy made at the time to return to the kingdom to collect the sailors' remains. The event took place at the ''Oranda tombs,'' in Nago's Untembaru area, and was attended by the captain and crew of the French destroyer Vendemiaire and French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, as well as Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto and other local representatives.

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Mori performs traditional Okinawan dance in Nago

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) performs Okinawa's traditional ''Kachaashii'' dance July 23 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (far L) and school pupils at a welcoming event hosted by the city of Nago in a park just after the Group of Eight summit ended around noon the same day.

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Nago mayor explains airport plan for Henoko

NAGO, Japan - Nago mayor Tateo Kishimoto (left, seated) briefs citizens and journalists Dec. 17 on a plan to build an airport for use by both commercial airlines and the U.S. military in the city's Henoko district. The site, adjacent to U.S. Marine Camp Schwab, was selected for relocation of a U.S. military heliport in central Okinawa.

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Nago assembly meets amid base relocation debate

NAGO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the beginning of a city assembly meeting that opened Dec. 7. Earlier in the day, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine said he hopes Nago's municipal assembly will approve a bill to allow a relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago's Heneko district. Kishimoto has said he will authorize the relocation if the asssembly passes the bill.

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Inamine asks Nago mayor to accept base relocation

NAGO, Japan - Surrounded by press corps, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (second from front in right row at center table) meets with Mayor of Nago Tateo Kishimoto (right in left row) at a Nago public hall on Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city in the northern part of the main Okinawa island to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. The meeting lasted only 10 minutes.

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NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

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Citizens protest plan to move U.S. military heliport to Nago

NAGO, Japan - A group of citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stages a sit-in inside the Nago municipal office to try to stop a news conference by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto on Nov. 22, in protest against a proposal to relocate the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, central Okinawa, to the Henoko district in Nago. Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine announced the same day that the prefectural government has named the Henoko district as the candidate site.

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Okinawa decides to name Nago as site to relocate Futemma base

NAGO, Japan - Deputy Gov. Hideo Ishikawa (R) bows to Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (L) on Nov. 22 at Nago's city office after requesting Kishimoto to accept the Okinawa prefectural government's decision to name Henoko district in Nago as the candidate site for the relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. military base in Futemma, central Okinawa.

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Nago mayor welcomes Okinawa's selection as G-8 summit venue

Tateo Kishimoto (C), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and others perform Okinawa's traditional dance at a ceremony to celebrate being picked as the venue for the 2000 summit of Group of Eight nations on April 29.

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Aso fails to win nod from Okinawa officials over base plan

NAHA, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, responds to reporters' questions at a Naha hotel on Nov. 25 after talks with Foreign Minister Taro Aso over a Japan-U.S. agreement to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station within Okinawa. Aso was unable to win the mayor's support. (Kyodo)

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3 men to run for Nago mayor

NAGO, Japan - Three men filed their candidacies Jan. 15 for the upcoming mayoral election in Nago, where the major issue for the Okinawa Prefecture city is whether it should host the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station. The three vying to succeed retiring Mayor Tateo Kishimoto are (file photos from L to R) Yoshikazu Shimabukuro, 59, backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito party, Munehiro Gakiya, 59, an independent, and Yoshitami Oshiro, 65, supported by the Democratic Party of Japan, Japanese Communist Party and Social Democratic Party. (Kyodo)

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Nago mayor welcomes Okinawa's selection as G-8 summit venue

Tateo Kishimoto (C), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and others perform Okinawa's traditional dance at a ceremony to celebrate being picked as the venue for the 2000 summit of Group of Eight nations on April 29. ==Kyodo

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Mori performs traditional Okinawan dance in Nago

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) performs Okinawa's traditional ''Kachaashii'' dance July 23 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (far L) and school pupils at a welcoming event hosted by the city of Nago in a park just after the Group of Eight summit ended around noon the same day.

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(1)Reclamation slated for Nago airport site

TOKYO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto (L), mayor of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, and Okinawa Governor Keiichi Inamine speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office July 29 in Tokyo after agreeing with cabinet ministers on a plan to reclaim land from the sea off Nago as the site for an airport to replace U.S. Marine Corps' heliport functions in central Okinawa.

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(2)Gov't opts for plan to build airport on Okinawa reef

TOKYO, Japan - Yasukatsu Urasaki (R), mayor of the village of Ginoza, Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from R), mayor of Nago, and Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (3 from R) attend a meeting at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 27 to decide a location for an airport to be built to take over the heliport functions the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa. The participants decided to build the airport, which will also be used for civilian flights, on a reef off Hekono in Nago.

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Qarase arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (C) shakes hands May 16 with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, for a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi arrives in Nago to attend Pacific island summit

NAGO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is welcomed May 16 by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (2nd from L) as he arrives in Nago, Okinawa, to attend a meeting of the leaders of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum. (Kyodo)

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French navy returns to Okinawa to commemorate 2 sailors

NAHA, Japan - A member of the French navy on Dec. 4 pays respects to the tombs of two French sailors who died of illness in 1846 while their ship made a port call in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, then part of the Ryukyu Kingdom. A ceremony was held the same day to honor symbolically a promise the navy made at the time to return to the kingdom to collect the sailors' remains. The event took place at the ''Oranda tombs,'' in Nago's Untembaru area, and was attended by the captain and crew of the French destroyer Vendemiaire and French Ambassador Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, as well as Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto and other local representatives.

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Okinawan officials urge low noise at planned airport

TOKYO - Officials from Okinawa Prefecture, including Gov. Keiichi Inamine (L) and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (second from L), meet their central government counterparts on Nov. 29 in Tokyo. They were taking part in a panel examining a new airport to be built in Nago to take over the heliport functions of a U.S. military base. During the meeting, the Okinawan officials urged that noise levels from the planned airport be kept to a minimum.

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Foreign minister visits Nago

NAGO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (L) shakes hands with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto in Nago, northern Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 24. Kono visited Miyazaki and Okinawa prefectures Jan. 23 and 24 to discuss with local leaders issues related to the Group of Eight (G-8) summit scheduled for July and the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station, part of which is being transferred to Nago.

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Premier Obuchi promises efforts for Okinawa economy

TOKYO - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (L) shakes hands with Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto of Okinawa Prefecture on Jan. 20 at the premier's official residence. Obuchi promised to help economic development in Okinawa's northern region, including Nago, which recently accepted a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport from another Okinawa site to the city.

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Nago City begins G-8 countdown

NAGO, Japan - Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (C) of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Tuesday updates a board marking the countdown for the summit of Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations planned for July in Nago. As of Tuesday, 199 days remained until the summit gets under way from July 21-23.

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Nago mayor agrees city will host U.S. heliport

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto tells reporters at a citizens' hall Dec. 27 that he will accept a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport to his city in northern Okinawa Prefecture, three years and eight months after Japan and the United States agreed on the transfer. It was the first time the head of a municipality in Okinawa, a prefecture with a heavy U.S. military presence, allowed construction of a new U.S. military facility since the prefecture was returned to Japan by the U.S. in 1972.

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Nago citizens march to protest mayor's decision on military heli

NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, stage a protest rally Dec. 27 to protest Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto's decision to accept a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport to the city.

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Local citizens protest Nago mayor's decision

NAGO, Japan - Citizens in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, gather Dec. 27 at a city hall to protest Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto's decision to accept a plan to relocate a U.S. military heliport to the city, officially announced earlier in the day.

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Nago mayor to announce decision on Futemma base's relocation

NAGO, Japan - Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (L) is set to announce on Dec. 27 the Okinawa Prefecture city will accept a proposal to relocate the Futemma U.S. Marines base's heliport functions to an airport to be built in the Heneko district of the northern Okinawa Prefecture city. Kishimoto shakes hands with Chief Cabinet Secretary Mikio Aoki (R), who visited the city to explain the central government's position in the issue, at a Nago hotel on Dec. 26.

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Nago Mayor Kishimoto answers questions on resolution

NAGO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto answers questions from reporters at the nago city hall on Dec. 23 after the Nago municipal assembly passed a resolution conditionally accepting a plan to relocate the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station to an airport to be built in the Henoko district of the city.

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Nago mayor explains airport plan for Henoko

NAGO, Japan - Nago mayor Tateo Kishimoto (left, seated) briefs citizens and journalists Dec. 17 on a plan to build an airport for use by both commercial airlines and the U.S. military in the city's Henoko district. The site, adjacent to U.S. Marine Camp Schwab, was selected for relocation of a U.S. military heliport in central Okinawa.

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Nago assembly meets amid base relocation debate

NAGO, Japan - Tateo Kishimoto, mayor of the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, speaks at the beginning of a city assembly meeting that opened Dec. 7. Earlier in the day, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine said he hopes Nago's municipal assembly will approve a bill to allow a relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station to Nago's Heneko district. Kishimoto has said he will authorize the relocation if the asssembly passes the bill.

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Inamine asks Nago mayor to accept base relocation

NAGO, Japan - Surrounded by press corps, Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (second from front in right row at center table) meets with Mayor of Nago Tateo Kishimoto (right in left row) at a Nago public hall on Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city in the northern part of the main Okinawa island to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. The meeting lasted only 10 minutes.

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Citizens protest outside Inamine-Kishimoto meeting

NAGO, Japan - Citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stage a protest during a meeting between Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine and Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto at a Nago public hall Dec. 3. In the meeting, Inamine asked Kishimoto to accept a plan for the city to host a U.S. Marine Corps heliport. Some 100 citizens staged a sit-in at the main entrance, forcing the governor to be escorted through a side door by supporters of the relocation plan.

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Okinawa decides to name Nago as site to relocate Futemma base

NAGO, Japan - Deputy Gov. Hideo Ishikawa (R) bows to Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto (L) on Nov. 22 at Nago's city office after requesting Kishimoto to accept the Okinawa prefectural government's decision to name Henoko district in Nago as the candidate site for the relocation of the heliport functions of the U.S. military base in Futemma, central Okinawa.

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Citizens protest plan to move U.S. military heliport to Nago

NAGO, Japan - A group of citizens of Nago, northern Okinawa, stages a sit-in inside the Nago municipal office to try to stop a news conference by Nago Mayor Tateo Kishimoto on Nov. 22, in protest against a proposal to relocate the heliport functions of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, central Okinawa, to the Henoko district in Nago. Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine announced the same day that the prefectural government has named the Henoko district as the candidate site.