Taro "Rozen" Aso is honored by the manga geeks in Akihabara Tokyo with an oversize graphic on the facade of a building. Note the stack of manga for a quick read. Aso has reportedly been seen reading the manga "Rozen Maiden" in the Tokyo International Airport.(above)
Photo: Yang Fong-ying -- the wife of Taiwanese fishing boat captain Lien Ho -- protests outside the Japan Exchange Association in Taipei. Taiwan has pressed its sovereignty claims over a disputed island chain as protesters demanded an apology from Japan for the sinking of a Taiwanese fishing boat. Thursday, June 12.
GINOWAN City, Okinawa Prefecture, Ginowan Seaside Park, May 18.
Media reports put the total number of people attending the textbook rally in Okinawa on Saturday at 100,000 or 110,000 -- or double the earlier expected number to attend. Another 5,000 attended meetings on the nearby islands of Miyako and Ishigaki.
Perez: Island should make the case for federal spending
Gerry Perez and the Chamber of Commerce Armed Forces Committee recently returned from Washington, D.C. and meetings with Congressional leadership that discussed: Asia Pacific Force Realignment, MILCON and Insular Oversight, and East Asian Policy. The committee regularly goes to D.C. to advocate for Guam issues. They reported their newest findings at the September monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce.
Guam Combines Unique Attributes to Support Military Missions (page 7)
Armed Forces Committee Team
(Kyodo) _ U.S. House of Representatives Delegate Madeleine Bordallo from Guam urged Japan on Friday to fund 75 percent of the cost of relocating U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, calling it a "necessity" amid the tight U.S. budget.
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. Pacific Command has estimated that at least $9 billion, or about 1.07 trillion yen, is needed to construct facilities in Guam after the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force in Okinawa is transferred there, U.S. military sources said Wednesday. Japan is expected to shoulder part of the expenses for the relocation the two countries agreed on, and Tokyo plans to put up the money by enacting a special law in an unprecedented move to finance the construction of overseas U.S. military facilities.
The command envisaged the Japanese money will finance part of projects to build the unit's new headquarters, drill sites and hospitals in Guam to ensure a smooth relocation, the sources said.
The planned transfer of the Marine unit, currently based in Uruma, Okinawa, to Guam was put forward in an interim report on the military realignment that Japan and the United States adopted during bilateral top security talks last month.
The Japanese and U.S. governments came up with the relocation plan as part of efforts to cut the number of U.S. Marines in Okinawa by 7,000 so as to, Tokyo and Washington say, reduce the base-hosting burden on the prefecture.
The relocation plan involves about 6,000 Marines centering on the staff of the expeditionary force, while the remaining 1,000 will be moved to other areas in Japan, according to the sources.
November 23, 2005
(Kyodo) _ Japan and the United States plan to begin moving U.S. Marine Corps troops in Okinawa to Guam in 2008 with completion by 2012, U.S. House of Representatives Delegate Madeleine Bordallo from Guam said in a recent interview.
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