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• 'Mind-blowing' new creature discovered
To find out what these y-adults might be, an international team of scientists used nets to collect more than 40 species of y-larvae from a marine station at Sesoko Island near Okinawa, Japan.
• Marine in Okinawa charged with rape of girl, 14
TOKYO - U.S. forces in Japan have charged a Marine with raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa, the Marines said Friday, pressing ahead with a case that spurred protests against the American presence on the island. U.S. military charges against Staff ...
• Japan indicts U.S. sailor
In another case, a Marine was accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in February on the southern island of Okinawa. Japanese prosecutors dropped charges against the Marine and released him after the girl withdrew her complaint, but the U.S. military is ...
• Christina Brown
... at KTNV, in Las Vegas, Nevada, but Brown’s journalism career began in the military.  Brown joined the United States Air Force and spent two years as a military broadcaster, reporting for American Forces Network, from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa ...

See also:

• Regional: Asia: Japan: Prefectures: Okinawa  (60)

» Okinawa Independence Movement - Information about the secession movement including background and symbols Also includes a message board.
» Okinawa (Liuqiu) - Aruges for the island's independence from Japan.
» The Reversion of Okinawa in 1972 - Article on how Okinawa reverted to Japan rather than becoming independent.