Okinawa
Air Asia flight attendants pose prior to the company's new domestic service announcement at a press conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2012. Air Asia will start connecting Narita airport to Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa airports from August this year.
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We have no doubt that Okinawa has the potential to be a resort island of true international appeal, attracting visitors from all over the world, whether they are visiting the island for business or pleasure. It really is a hidden gem and the opening of The Ritz-Carlton, Okinawa helps to put this destination on the map for discerning luxury travellers.
The United States plans to locate Marine Air-Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) in Okinawa, Guam, and Hawaii and intends to establish a rotational presence in Australia in order to establish a geographically distributed force posture while sustaining the forward presence of US Marine Corps forces in the region
Saving the Marine Corps money and resources, as well as providing a safe training environment, is a huge benefit to the Marine Corps and should not be passed up while on OkinawaMore quotes »
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Sailor recognized for Okinawa environmental protection
plant quarantine service since 2009. “His hard work and dedication guaranteed that no plant quarantine pests were introduced into Okinawa,” said Kenji Tanaka, the director of the Naha Plant Quarantine and Protection Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry 3:54 AM from DVIDS Read more »
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Inside Ritz-Carltons First Luxury Resort Hotel in Japan
Ritz-Carlton Hotel has opened its first luxury resort hotel in Japan on the tropical island of Okinawa. The island that has been the secret getaway for generations of Japanese visitors remains relatively unexplored by the international luxury traveller, and 2:57 AM from Luxpresso Read more »
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Marines become small-boat coxswains
BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa, Japan — Special Operations Training Group certified Marines of multiple units to be combat rubber reconnaissance craft coxswains during a coxswain course here May 23. 3rd Radio Battalion, 3rd Intelligence Battalion and SOTG are 2:03 AM from DVIDS Read more »
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Plan ahead for summer excitement
Japan - With the spring months coming to an end and summer right around the corner, the time for taking part in fun-filled summer activities is here! Whether you like spending time barbecuing with friends or surfing, summertime in Okinawa has something to 1:57 AM from DVIDS Read more »
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Luxury lands in Okinawa at last
their itineraries, after Ritz-Carlton and Hoshino Resort opened five-start resorts in the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. But the new high-end Ritz-Carlton Okinawa in Nago and the equally fresh-off-the-peg Hoshinoya Okinawa resort on Taketomi 5/31/12 from CNN Go Read more »
