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Library of the Year 2024の大賞は沖縄県立図書館“Finding Okinawan Roots” Project

2024年11月8日、NPO法人知的資源イニシアティブ(IRI)は、7日に図書館総合展で開催されたLibrary of the Year 2024最終選考会の結果を発表しました。

選考の結果、大賞は沖縄県立図書館“Finding Okinawan Roots” Projectが選ばれました。また、会場投票によるオーディエンス賞も同時受賞しました。

Library of the Year 2024 大賞およびオーディエンス賞決定!(IRI, 2024/11/8)
https://www.iri-net.org/loy/library-of-the-year2024result/

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Coronavirus Surge For U.S. Military On Okinawa Adds To Soured Relations There

Relations between the more than 25,000 U.S. military forces on Okinawa and that Japanese island's 1.5 million residents have long been strained over pollution, crime and overcrowding associated with the 31 U.S. military bases there. Now a new outbreak of COVID-19 cases among American service members stationed on Japan's southernmost territory is fraying things further. As of Tuesday, 100 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the past week at five U.S. bases on Okinawa, according to Japan's independent Kyodo News agency. Beyond those bases, where only three cases had earlier been confirmed, Okinawa has had a relatively low impact from the disease, reporting 148 infections and seven deaths. At a weekend news conference, Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki called the surge of coronavirus cases among U.S. military personnel "extremely regrettable," according to the Reuters news agency. "I can't help but have strong doubts about the U.S. military's measures to prevent infections," Reuters




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New EWC Report Reveals Attitudes of Younger Okinawans Toward US Base Presence

New EWC Report Reveals Attitudes of Younger Okinawans Toward US Base Presence New EWC Report Reveals Attitudes of Younger Okinawans Toward US Base Presence
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Destination of the week: Okinawa, Japan

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan located in the Pacific Ocean between Japan's four main islands and Taiwan. The prefecture’s namesake, Okinawa Island, is know




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EWC 50 Spotlight: EWC Alumni in Okinawa Celebrate Obuchi Program’s 10th Anniversary and Center’s 50th Anniversary

EWC 50 Spotlight: EWC Alumni in Okinawa Celebrate Obuchi Program’s 10th Anniversary and Center’s 50th Anniversary

Robert Nakasone, EWC Obuchi program coordinator, speaks about the program at the recent 10th anniversary Obuchi symposium.




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East-West Center to Honor Distinguished Alumni at Okinawa Conference in September

HONOLULU (July 24, 2014) – The East-West Center has announced the names of EWC alumni, volunteers and a local alumni chapter that will be honored at the Center’s upcoming international alumni conference in Okinawa. The honorees are being recognized for their outstanding personal accomplishments and service toward the Center’s mission of helping to promote better relations and understanding among the peoples of Asia, the Pacific and the United States.

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East-West Center Announces Scholarship Partnership with Okinawa Prefecture

NAHA, OKINAWA  (Sept. 20, 2014) – At the East-West Center’s 2014 international alumni conference that concluded yesterday  in Naha, Okinawa, Center officials announced a new partnership with the Okinawa Prefecture Government that will continue an established scholarship program that allows several Okinawan students each year to pursue graduate degree or leadership program study at EWC and the University of Hawai‘i.

From left: Hidemasu Goya, Robert Nakasone, EWC Adjunct Project Specialist, and Sayaka Sakuma

 




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New Supplemental Scholarship Established for Okinawan Students at the East-West Center

EWC Okinawan projects specialist Bob Nakasone
establishes $50,000 endowment in parents’ honor

 




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Officials, Educators Emphasize Importance of STEM Education and Research in Hawai‘i and Okinawa

HONOLULU (March 27, 2018) – Hawai‘i Governor David Ige and University of Hawai‘i President David Lassner, along with Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology President Peter Gruss, were among the speakers at a special panel discussion yesterday at the East-West Center focusing on the critical importance of cutting-edge science and technology research in both island communities.




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Minnesota Man Indicted for Sexual Assault on U.S. Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan

A Minnesota man who worked at Kadena Air Force Base in Okinawa, Japan, was indicted today in the District of Minnesota on charges of sexual abuse, production of child pornography and possession of child pornography.



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How to restore U.S.-Japan relations on Okinawa


The U.S.-Japan alliance continues to struggle with the issue of reducing and relocating the U.S. Marine Corps presence on Okinawa.  In a new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Mike Mochizuki (of The George Washington University) and I—recognizing the potential seriousness of this problem for the alliance, as well as the fact that the current plan to reduce and/or relocate has been straitjacketed by Japanese and Okinawan politics—propose a more significant set of changes. Our proposal would scale back the peacetime presence of the Marines on Okinawa even further than now planned, but it would preserve or even improve U.S. military responsiveness throughout the Western Pacific region in times of crisis or conflict.

     
 
 




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Auto Expo 2020 Live Updates: MG ने पेश की Hector Plus, Okinawa भी लाया इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर

Auto Expo 2020 Live Updates: आज पियाजियो इंडिया मोटर स्कूटर, इलेक्ट्रिक वीकल स्टार्टअप ओलेक्ट्रा और इवोलेट द्वारा इलेक्ट्रिक वाहन, मर्सिडीज़ बेंज की वी-क्लास का कैंपर वर्ज़न, और एमजी मोटर्स के द्वारा हेक्टर प्लस को लॉन्च करने की योजना है.




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Typhoon Goni hits Okinawa after killing 15 in Philippines