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		Ginowan City advances maintenance as an international convention city.
		The convention area has further increased its facilities of resort convention among all these.
		It is conducted a trial-ride fair of yachts and motor cruiser, fishing contest, yacht race, boat sailing tournament and yacht lessons at the annual "Marine Festival".
	www.city.ginowan.okinawa.jp /2735/2410.html (159 words)

	Background Brief on CH-53 Helicopter Accident
		On 20 August, Ginowan Police Department requested the results of the investigation from the Marine Corps Base Japan staff judge advocate.
		On 23 August, Marine Corps Base Japan staff judge advocate responded to the Ginowan Police Department with the proper procedures for requesting the investigation from the joint committee, as well as assurances that the request would be supported and expedited as much as possible by U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Forces Japan.
		Ginowan police force and the authorities and so forth - they've been asking the update to be made about the investigation, but not much response was made and in the following week, a rejection of that request was issued - why was that the case?
	tokyo.usembassy.gov /e/p/tp-20040827-61.html (4700 words)

	Hawaii Okinawa
		Ginowan Shijinkai (formerly Ginowan-Urasoe Doshikai and Ginowan Sonjinkai)
		During the 1920s, Ginowan families from the neighbor islands and the rural areas of Oahu began to move to Honolulu, resulting in a population large enough for a separate Ginowan club.
		When Ginowan- son, Okinawa, was redesignated as a shi in the latter part of the 1970s, the club changed its name to Ginowan-Shijinkai.
	www.hawaiiokinawa.com /clubs2.html (9288 words)

	No Radiation Found Yet at Crash Site
		Meanwhile, a Japanese company began surveying air and soil in the area where a Marine helicopter crashed Aug. 13 to ensure they’re not contaminated by hazardous materials, including a low-level radioactive isotope used in a rotor safety device.
		Mayor Yoichi Iha, a long-time opponent of the busy base in the middle of Ginowan, presented the petition Monday to the Naha office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Defense Facilities Administration Agency and Okinawa prefectural government.
		The survey is being conducted by the Marines, the university, and the Ginowan city and Okinawa prefectural governments.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SS_091504_Radiation,00.html (1008 words)

	LEAD: 30,000 protest U.S. chopper crash, demand return of Futemma base Japan Policy & Politics - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		About 30,000 people gathered in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday to protest the recent crash of a U.S. military helicopter at a university there and demand that the nearby U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station be closed and returned.
		The number of protesters greatly exceeded the municipal government's expected turnout of 10,000 people and was the largest protest against U.S. forces by Okinawa residents since 85,000 gathered in 1995 to protest the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl by three U.S. servicemen.
		A siren was sounded at the protest assembly to mark the moment of the crash and protesters set free 200 doves to represent their hopes to eradicate accidents by U.S. military aircraft.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2004_Sept_14/ai_n6271414 (893 words)

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		GINOWAN, Okinawa — Six CH-53D Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopters left Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Sunday for duty with the Okinawa-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in Iraq.
		The initial findings indicate that a “small retaining device in a subcomponent of the tail rotor assembly was missing, leading to a loss of tail rotor control,” according to the press release.
		“Ginowan City has repeatedly file protests against the accident and demanded a halt to all flight operations.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,SS_082304_Futenma,00.html (1090 words)

	Navy Times - Complexities emerge as relocation discussions drag on (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In the case of Futenma Air Station, which occupies 25 percent of Ginowan, 92 percent of the base belongs to about 2,800 individual landowners who earn a combined 6 billion yen in rent per year from the Japanese government, according to the Ginowan municipal government.
		He said there is no exact estimate of how many and who will be affected as the government has not provided any details on which bases will be reorganized and what kind of reemployment measures will be taken.
		Shigeo Yamauchi, head of Ginowan’s Military Base Liaison Section, emphasized that base-related income in the prefecture accounts for only 5 percent of Okinawa’s economic productivity, down from 15 percent in the 1970s.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1661865.php (1083 words)

	Ginowan Mayor ends U.S. tour calling for immediate - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Iha Yoichi, mayor of Ginowan City, returned from the United States on July 21 after petitioning the U.S. government and many other public organizations for the earliest possible closure of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station which is undermining the citizens' lives.
		Mayor Iha Yoichi tried to use his ten-day visit to the United States to call for the U.S. government to implement the promise it made with Japan in the1996 Special Action Committee on Okinawa report to close down the Futenma base in several years.
		At a press conference on July 21 in Naha City, Okinawa, Iha stated that the calls of Ginowan residents and all Okinawans reached U.S. government officials, think tank members, and members of peace organizations.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=15159 (312 words)

	Futenma Marine Corps Air Station
		The US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station occupies a fourth of the total area of Ginowan City, and it is right in the center of the city.
		In addition, to avoid inconvenience to US aircraft approaching to the air station, the height of buildings is restricted near the base, and thus redevelopment, which Ginowan City wants to undertake, cannot be carried out.
		MCAS Futenma covers 1,188 acres of land and is completely surrounded by the urbanized growth of Ginowan City.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/futenma.htm (732 words)

	Marine Corps Times - Okinawans unsatisfied with Marine relocation plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		GINOWAN, Japan — From his food stall in a street crammed with shops, Tadashi Oya can always see U.S. military helicopters buzzing overhead.
		Few U.S. military bases in the world have more neighbors right outside their fences than Marine Corps Air Station, Futenma, located next to Ginowan, a bustling city of 85,000 on Okinawa.
		In March, 30,000 people protested in Ginowan to demand Futenma be moved outside Japan.
	www.marinetimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1917401.php (745 words)

	Ginowan Camps - genial airports and breathtaking cargo. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ginowan Camps - genial airports and breathtaking cargo.
		CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa â” The plan to realign U.S. troops in Japan is bogged down by opposition from almost half of the affected prefectures and municipalities.
		station dependent transport!Sentimentalizing dividends on airline is a hasty and hazardous deed.The most studied flyers about aviation and traveling can be grasped at Ginowan Camps.Our enticements is for brazilians who have ravaged their passion for ticket into something more spacious than wrinkling online workmen.
	www.local-camps.info /okinawa-ginowan-camps.html (135 words)

	ipedia.com: MCAS Futenma Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It is home to around 4,000 marines and has been a key US military airbase since the island was liberated by the Americans in 1945.
		MCAS Futenma is a key American air-base where the marine pilots are detailed for training, providing the air complement to other land-based marines in Okinawa, and to help fulfil the 1952 treaty commitment of the United States to defend Japan.
		But noise and air pollution from the base became a controversial issue in Ginowan City.
	www.ipedia.com /mcas_futenma.html (310 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. to resume Japan flights after crash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The accident reignited calls for Futenma base to be moved from a congested residential neighborhood in Ginowan city on Okinawa, which hosts a large portion of the 50,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in Japan.
		An investigation revealed a component in the helicopter's tail rotor assembly was missing, leading to a loss of control, said the United States Forces, Japan in a statement.
		Tokyo and Washington agreed in 1996 to move the station from Ginowan to a less populated area.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-08-22-japan-helicopter_x.htm (520 words)

	USATODAY.com - U.S. military chopper crashes in Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The helicopter crashed at Okinawa International University, next to Futenma in Ginowan city on the southern island of Okinawa.
		The three crew were taken to a U.S. military hospital, said Shunei Nakamura, spokesman for the Ginowan Fire Department.
		Tokyo and Washington agreed in 1996 to move Futenma Air Station from Ginowan to a less populated area.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-08-13-chopper-crash_x.htm?csp=36 (461 words)

	Community reactions negative, mixed in U.S. Marine helicopter crash in Ginowan - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Okinawa Prefectural Police, Ginowan authorities and U.S. military police took charge of providing security at and around the crash site, where traffic was snarled for several hours as emergency vehicles moved in and out of the area.
		Ginowan fire vehicles were first on the scene, followed by U.S. military firefighting equipment.
		Okinawa Prefectural Police were turned away, as were local officials including Ginowan Mayor Youichi Iha, who’s been lobbying for immediate closure of the Futenma base on the grounds it is extremely dangerous to his community because of the potential for crashes.
	www.japanupdate.com /?id=5879 (1784 words)

	Information on the 1995 Rape Incident and the Protests that Followed
		Both figures are larger than the 50,000 target that sponsors had set and made the event the biggest political rally in history in Okinawa, the site of the last bloody ground battle of World War II.
		Ginowan, Okinawa - Chanting "Yankee, go home," a refrain rarely heard in Japan, thousands of Okinawans took to the streets Tuesday to protest the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl that three U.S. servicemen are suspected of committing.
		Ginowan, Okinawa - On the eve of U.S.-Japan defense talks, thousands of Okinawans took to the streets Tuesday to protest the rape of a 12-year-old schoolgirl allegedly committed by three American servicemen.
	www.uchinanchu.org /history/1995_rape_incident.htm (621 words)

	U.S. agrees to relocate base from Okinawa - Asia - Pacific - International Herald Tribune
		TOKYO The United States and Japan agreed on a plan Wednesday to relocate a major American air base on the southern island of Okinawa, removing the biggest obstacle to talks on the redeployment of U.S. troops across the country.
		According to the plan, the Futenma Marine Corps air base, located in the city of Ginowan, will move to an existing U.S. base, Camp Schwab, in a less populated area on the main island.
		The air base's move to Camp Schwab is likely to draw opposition from politicians in Okinawa, as well as ordinary residents and environmentalists.
	www.iht.com /articles/2005/10/26/news/okinawa.php (485 words)

	Ginowan, Okinawa Public Relations Firms - Publicity Firms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Here are the most recent Ginowan, Okinawa pr firm vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
		Actual Ginowan, Okinawa listings appear in the search results at right.
		Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Ginowan publicity firm featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
	www.marketingtool.com /channel/pr/b.461.g.15275.html (204 words)

	U.S., Japan agree to troop drawdown - The Washington Times: World Briefings - September 24, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Futenma air station is located in the middle of Ginowan, a city of 88,000 people in central Okinawa.
		In mid-July, a month before the crash, Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha made a 10-day trip to Washington and Hawaii, meeting government officials and scholars to call for an early return of the Futenma Marine Air Station and address the dangers his city faces.
		The Aug. 13 crash has again altered the life and concerns of Ginowan's residents, said Kiyoshi Nakamura, who was born and grew up in the city.
	washingtontimes.com /world/20040923-104526-9388r.htm (1411 words)

	Nakaima vows to be 'flexible' over Futenma : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		According to Nakaima's aides, the three-year stipulation is based on fears that the situation will remain unchanged during the minimum eight years needed to relocate the base, thus causing opinion within the prefecture to split again in four years' time, during the gubernatorial election.
		In April, a mayoral election in Ginowan and a House of Councillors by-election in the prefecture, will be held.
		Nakaima believes that if attempts to eliminate problems posed by the base are dropped, it would have an adverse impact on the Ginowan mayoral election.
	www.yomiuri.co.jp /dy/national/20061209TDY01003.htm (449 words)

	Ginowan Travel Guide - Ginowan Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
		Ginowan Travel Guide - Ginowan Vacations - VirtualTourist.com
		Home » Travel Guides » Asia » Japan » Okinawa »; Ginowan
		Plan a Ginowan vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Ginowan locals.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Okinawa/Ginowan-977171/TravelGuide-Ginowan.html (240 words)

	Court sides with Ginowan in dispute with developers - JapanUpdate.com - Okinawa News, Classifieds, Events, Culture, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ginowan Bay City Development Corporation had been feuding with the city for nearly five years, demanding they be returned the Y411.8 million they had invested, and with nothing to show for it.
		Ginowan City rebounded, to the delight of the Ginowan Bay City Development Corp., inking a tentative deal with the international duty free shopping giant, DFS.
		Ginowan Bay City Development Corp., hasn’t bailed out completely as it seeks to recoup its losses with a profitable venture.
	www.japanupdate.com /?id=6419 (1043 words)

	Political Affairs Magazine - 35,000 Okinawans rally against new U.S. base plan
		About 35,000 citizens took part in a rally in Ginowan City on March 5 to urge the Japanese government to listen to Okinawans opposing the plan to construct a new U.S. air base in the coastal area of Nago City in Okinawa Prefecture.
		They demanded that the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station in Ginowan City be dismantled and the U.S. and Japanese governments' plan to relocate it to the coastal area of U.S. Camp Schwab be canceled.
		With many placards reading, "We won't yield an inch anywhere in Okinawa for a new U.S. base" in their hands, young couples with children, university students, and elderly people joined the rally held at a sandy beach.
	www.politicalaffairs.net /article/articleview/2947/1/156 (468 words)

	Ginowan, Okinawa Copywriters - Copy Writers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Here are the most recent Ginowan, Okinawa copywriter vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
		Click here to learn more about why a Marketingtool.com Ginowan copy writer featured listing is one of the best methods of advertising your business.
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	www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.15275.html (131 words)

	Seidokan Info Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Uehara Seikichi Sensei, the 12th generation headmaster of the Motobu Udundi Kobujutsu tradition, an advisor to the Okinawa Prefecture Karatedo Federation and board member of the Japan Kobudo Association, passed away of old age on April 3, at 7:15 AM at a hospital in Ginowan.
		This Bujin was taught many secret techniques of Udundi directly from Motobu Choyu (1857-1927) and opened his own dojo, the Seidokan, in Ojana, Ginowan, to pass on his art.
		Uehara was born on March 3, 1904 in Oroku.
	www.somavp.com /seidokan (632 words)

	Futenma Air Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Located at the center of Ginowan City, the base covers 25% of land area of the city.
		Therefore the city is forced to build itself around the base.
		There are local schools right beside the base and there classes are often interrupted by the noise the planes and helicopters make.
	www.walrus.com /~dawei/references/futenma-e.html (77 words)

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