Okinawa: In 2016, my #FOIA request to British MoD revealed UK troops were also joining US Marine Corps exercises - first documentary proof of US military using bases in Japan to train 3rd-country forces (2/2) イギリス兵が沖縄の米軍基地で訓練　法的に問題 okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/544…

Dyma alwad pobl ifanc Cymru am heddwch byd-eang, canrif ers Deiseb Heddwch Menywod Cymru 1923-24. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Every year, the youth of Wales send a message of peace and goodwill to the world. This is their 2024 Peace Message. 🔁 Rhanna | Share 🕊 #Heddwch2024 🌍 urdd.cymru/heddwch

Okinawa: For 100+ yrs, young Welsh folk have created an annual Global Peace and Goodwill Message - this year, it is translated into the endangered Okinawan language, Uchinaaguchi, for the first time. Kudos to 比嘉光龍（ふぃじゃ　ばいろん） okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/135… #Heddwch2024 #Urdd #平和の詩

沖縄が日本にされたように、ウェールズもイングランドに併合され、言葉を奪われた。 そのウェールズの若者が100年にわたって発信している平和メッセージが、初めてうちなーぐちに訳された。 他の65以上の言語訳とともに、きょう世界へ発信。 #Heddwch2024 okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/136…

うちなーぐち訳を担当した比嘉光龍さんによる朗読動画はこちら。 ウェールズの言語復興の成功は「うらやましいの一言」だという。 #Heddwch2024 youtu.be/jYJsgPb2IwE

Am y tro cyntaf erioed, mae Neges Heddwch yr Urdd ar gael yn iaith Okinawa! 🇯🇵 For the first time ever, our Peace Message has been translated into Uchināguchi - here are the students of 沖縄キリスト教学院大学・短期大学（OCU/OCJC) reading it out for us! 御拝でーびーる！ 🌍 #Heddwch2024

Okinawa: My investigation into how maintenance error at CIA-owned facility contributed to largest air disaster in island's postwar history, Miyamori Elementary School jet crash. 65年前の沖縄・宮森小米軍機墜落　CIA企業の整備ミスだった　空軍報告書で判明 okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/138…

🕊 Dyma Neges Heddwch ac Ewyllys Da 2025: Tlodi. 🌎 The Urdd’s 2025 Peace and Goodwill Message: Poverty Urdd a🤝Save the Children Cymru / Achub y Plant Rhanna | Share #Heddwch2025

Today's 沖縄タイムス is running my article on the annual Urdd Gobaith Cymru Peace and Goodwill message translated into Uchinaaguchi by 比嘉光龍（ふぃじゃ　ばいろん）. Both Wales and Okinawa share similarly dire levels of child poverty (this year's message theme). okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/158…

Question for my U.S. followers. Would buzzing primary school students with F35s be allowed Stateside? #Okinawa m.youtube.com/shorts/e9cxcwL…

Okinawa: Between May 23 and 26, four more US service members were arrested. The charges? Indecent exposure; trespass; drink-drive; and a drunken hit-and-run that injured four, including 2 children. ２３日から２６日にかけ米兵による事件相次ぐ ４人逮捕 www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/okinawa/…

Okinawa: Last month, a US service member's fighting dog escaped and killed a resident's dog - but local schools weren't alerted for 3+ weeks. 大型犬が脱走　散歩中の小型犬に飛びかかりかみ殺す　沖縄市で4月21日発生、周辺学校へ5月15日に通知 okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/159…

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Yesterday was the 80th anniversary of the (official) end of the Battle of Okinawa - and here is today's news: "US marine jailed for seven years for sexual assault in Japan (Okinawa)." It's no mystery why Okinawans want the bases moved off their islands. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Must watch documentary about PFAS contamination in Okinawa and around the world will debut in Naha on 26 July then in Tokyo from 16 August. #ウナイ

The Memorial to Fallen Journalists (戦没新聞人の碑) in Naha. Around the anniversary of WW2’s end, Okinawan media workers gather here to pledge not to glorify militarism or romanticize state violence. 「戦争のために二度とペンは取らない」

シタイヒャーーーーーー！！！！！ 沖縄尚学、やってくれました！！！ 決勝進出です！！！！！！！！！！ 【速報】沖縄尚学が夏の甲子園で決勝進出　山梨学院に5-4 okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/165…

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