Denny in the News

Splendor of Okinawa: Mexican Petunia, roadside Uruma, 9no25 For long years at the spring and summer High School Baseball Koshien Tournaments, the brass band of Amagasaki Municipal High School in Amagasaki in Hyogo Prefecture has performed to cheer on teams representing Okinawa. On 5 November, Okinawa Prefecture Governor Denny Tamaki presented the brass band squad a certificate of thanks for its support. The conductor of the school’s brass band and a former teacher at the school,  Yasutaka Haneji (77) is a native of Miyakojima City on Okinawa Prefecture’s Irabu Island. Since increasing transportation fees for sending a cheerleading squad had become onerous, an Okinawa Prefectural citizens grip held discussions with him and he began his cheerleading band performances in 1981. Since 1997, while at the same school, he has cheered on teams at over 150 games with his music. So, on 5 November, when Governor Denny Tamaki visited the high school, he was welcomed by the brass band, led by Co...

Splendor of Okinawa: Queen’s Wreath, roadside Uruma, 26ap24 Regional municipalities and the Prefecture have requested that no further parachute jump practices be carried out at the US Military Kadena Air Force Base. In response, on 26 April, Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, Commander, 18th Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan. Revealed that the exercises would continue, but noted, “For the present, we’ll only carry out the exercises once a month. The next one is scheduled for the end of May.” The same day, Governor Denny Tamaki and the Kadena Town Assembly expressed absolute concern and protest over the normalization of the parachute drops. During an interview within Kadena Base with media companies, Commander Evans responded with the  explanation that the exercises would continue within his base, until repairs at the Iejima Auxiliary Airfield were completed. However, the commander avoided statements about the state of the Iejima Base repairs. Infantry at Kadena Air Base have already received tr...