Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Defense Facilities Administration Agency chief Iwao Kitahara (L) in Okinawa on May 4. Inamine reiterated his opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station from Ginowan to the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Okinawa, making a counterproposal to tentatively build a helipad on land at Camp Schwab.

China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving gas row

China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving gas row

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on March 9 that China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving the countries' row over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea, and urged Tokyo to ''carefully study'' Beijing's counterproposal tabled earlier this week.

Ruling parties debate privacy bills amid opposition boycott

Ruling parties debate privacy bills amid opposition boycott

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition party members vacate seats (shown in photo) as the ruling coalition begins a question and answer session April 14 on a new set of privacy-protection bills and the opposition's counterproposal in a House of Representatives special committee meeting. Hiroyuki Hosoda (standing), state minister on information-technology policy, answers questions in the session. Home affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama is seated on right.

Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

Okinawa gov. opposes relocation plan, makes counterproposal

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Defense Facilities Administration Agency chief Iwao Kitahara (L) in Okinawa on May 4. Inamine reiterated his opposition to a plan to relocate a U.S. air station from Ginowan to the U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab in Nago, both in Okinawa, making a counterproposal to tentatively build a helipad on land at Camp Schwab. (Kyodo)

China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving gas row

China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving gas row

BEIJING, China - Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on March 9 that China cannot accept Japan's proposal for solving the countries' row over gas exploration rights in the East China Sea, and urged Tokyo to ''carefully study'' Beijing's counterproposal tabled earlier this week. (Kyodo)

Ruling parties debate privacy bills amid opposition boycott

Ruling parties debate privacy bills amid opposition boycott

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition party members vacate seats (shown in photo) as the ruling coalition begins a question and answer session April 14 on a new set of privacy-protection bills and the opposition's counterproposal in a House of Representatives special committee meeting. Hiroyuki Hosoda (standing), state minister on information-technology policy, answers questions in the session. Home affairs minister Toranosuke Katayama is seated on right. (Kyodo)