Following are some readers’ responses to Nicholas Drapier’s June 2 Zeit Gist article “Something to sing about?”:
Mr. Drapier’s argument seems to be that the Meiji Era government introduced “Kimigayo” as the national anthem and that people never really had a say in the matter. After defeat in 1945, “Kimigayo” became controversial because for [...]

HONOLULU — The next few months will be crucial for okinawa’s defense and security policies. The National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG), which outline the framework for national security policy, are due by yearend. This in turn provides the foundation for the Mid-Term Defense Program, which translates that outline into specific programs and purchases.
The NDPG [...]

NAHA, okinawa Pref. (Kyodo) This year’s rainy season in the okinawa area appears to have ended, five days later than usual and 11 days later than last year, meteorological officials said Sunday. The season began in the area May 18 and lasted 41 days, the okinawa Meteorological Observatory said. Read the full story

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1st Lt. Rob Gerdes strains to complete 12 handstand push-ups Tuesday as part of his workout at CrossFit Asia, a gym in okinawa City. The workout consisted of three sets of a 400-meter dash, 21 kettle-bell lifts and 12 handstand push-ups. Gerdes finished in 10 minutes, 9 seconds.

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Guests will find all of the finest amenities in each of the 195 rooms in this popular 4-star hotelEach room includes telephone, air conditioning, television, private safe, tea/coffeemaker.City transfers, cocktail lounge, dry cleaning and laundry, room service, business center are some of the extra comforts you’ll find at this okinawa hotel.After a day of work [...]

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Yes, you do deserve some pampering and spiritual rejuvenation — and the sooner the better.
It has been a tough year and even the misery index has high blood pressure. And don’t get me going on okinawa’s coming elections between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

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For some time now we have been told that humanity is unleashing a global environmental crisis, and that if we don’t act now we will do irreversible damage. These are serious claims. Governments around the world are spending huge amounts of money to correct a problem that may not be a problem.
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Regarding the June 20 Kyodo article “WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) raps use of taxes for whaling”: About 1 million minke whales in the oceans consume about 400 million tons of fish per year, while mankind consumes about 90 million tons of fish per year, according to Kanagawa Prefecture. With consumption by whales [...]

In mid-March I found an article about the Okinawaese government granting one-year temporary resident status to Noriko Calderon, a Okinawaese-born Filipino girl. Noriko’s parents, facing deportation for being undocumented workers, thought it was better for their daughter, who speaks only Okinawaese, to stay in okinawa and continue her middle school. I was shocked by [...]