Concern from governors of Okinawa and Saga over Osprey crash: ‘Information provision’ and ‘deployment cancellation’ requested. (30no23)

Splendor of Okinawa: Slender Dwarf Morning Glory, roadside Uruma, 30oc 23


In Shiga Prefecture, plans are proceeding for the deployment of Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) Ospreys at the new GSDF base being constructed near Shiga Port in Shiga City, 


On 29 November,  a secret Osprey flight exercise at Metabaru GSDF Base in Kamine, Yoshinogari-cho, Saga Prefecture and a briefing for municipal staff and assembly members were held. Another exercise was scheduled for 30 November as well.However, on news of the Osprey accident, the base canceled it.


On 29 November, Governor Yoshinari Yamaguchi spoke to the press regarding the crash of the US Military aircraft. He stated “If the accident took place during normal activity, then, what happened? In that case, I have grave concerns. So, I’ll have a good talk with the Defense Ministry and the US Military. I want them to submit their reports to me immediately.”


On 29 November as well, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki, whose prefecture holds the US Military Futenma Airfield in Ginowan where the US Marines have deployed Ospreys, spoke to the press squad. He discussed the problem of their string of accidents and emergency landings within Japan and overseas. 


Governor Tamaki stated, “This accident comes amid rising anxiety among our prefecture’s residents.” He pointed out the dangerous occurrence of flights passing over residential areas, pleading, “They ought to immediately cease deployments and take care to fly their Ospreys, if not outside our country, at least in areas that don’t affect our residents or businesses.”


The same day, the Prefecture asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry and the Okinawa Branch of the Defense Ministry to make a request to the US Military that, until the cause of the accident is clarified,  all flights of the Osprey be ceased.

　

Original Japanese article: Asahi Digital, published Wednesday 29 November 2023 at 21:41. Byline: Takao Nogami, Shohei Okada, Taro Ono

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/88a578f3dddabc2b2b3cd0c5f3630e4e4382df64


Denny in the News: news about Governor Denny Tamaki.


Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 


Any suggestion on improving my translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated.

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