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DODEA students learn ancient math skills with Japanese abacus on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 21 Mar 2025
HAEBARU TOWN, Okinawa — A 6-year-old Japanese girl stood with her back to Defense Department students gathered Thursday to learn about the Japanese abacus, or soroban, at the Tsukazan Community Center and Museum.
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Thai naval cadets train with American sailors during rare visit to Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 19 Mar 2025
WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, OkinawaThai naval cadets are training with U.S. sailors and the United Nations Command-Rear this week during the Thai navy’s first port call on Okinawa in more than two decades.
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New medical center opens at former U.S. military site in Okinawa

Japan Times 17 Mar 2025
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Ryukyus and its affiliated hospital have moved to the new medical center ... .
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KP women's lacrosse team meets Governor after Okinawa Open victory

Urdu Point 17 Mar 2025
<p>PESHAWAR, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Mar, 2025) The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa women's lacrosse team, which recently won the Okinawa Open Lacrosse Championship in Japan, met with ...
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Hayashi seeks to curb sex crimes by U.S. military in Okinawa

Asahi News 17 Mar 2025
GINOWAN, Okinawa PrefectureChief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki here on March 16 to address the growing concerns about sexual assaults perpetrated by U.S. military personnel in Okinawa.
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Another vessel spills oil at Marine airfield construction site on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 14 Mar 2025
A construction vessel spilled fuel oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa on Thursday, marking the third such incident this year, according to Japan’s coast guard.
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Cherry Blossom Charm: A Global Guide to Sakura Spotting

New York Observer 13 Mar 2025
From late February to mid-March in the southern islands like Okinawa up to early May in Hokkaido up north ... Sakura season typically starts in the south, on islands like Kyushu and Okinawa, and ends in cooler regions up north, like Sapporo in Hokkaido ... .
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Blaze breaks out on ship towing materials for new Marine airfield on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 12 Mar 2025
A fire broke out Tuesday aboard a ship towing construction materials for a new Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa, but no injuries or environmental damage were reported, according to Japan’s coast guard and local media.
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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance

Stars and Stripes 12 Mar 2025
NAHA, OkinawaJapanese troops detonated 24 suspected U.S. shells off the coast of Okinawa’s capital Wednesday, the third disposal of World War II ordnance in a month on the former island battleground.
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Japanese prosecutors drop case against airman accused of smashing up liquor store

Stars and Stripes 12 Mar 2025
Japanese prosecutors dropped their case against a U.S. airman accused of breaking into and smashing up an Okinawa liquor store last year, a spokesman said Wednesday ... Crime and courts. .
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Air Force investigating after Reaper drone rolls off runway on Okinawa

Stars and Stripes 11 Mar 2025
The Air Force is investigating how an unmanned aerial vehicle rolled off a runway while taxiing Monday at Kadena Air Base on Okinawa, according to the 18th Wing ... Butterfield declined to say how many were deployed to Okinawa, citing security reasons.
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Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa welcomes new commander

Bitchute 10 Mar 2025
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DODEA students on Okinawa do ‘civic duty,’ protest in support of diversity

Stars and Stripes 10 Mar 2025
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Roughly 45 students at Kubasaki High School staged a walkout Monday to protest a Pentagon policy affecting diversity initiatives, joining a series of similar demonstrations at Defense Department schools in Asia and Europe.
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A unified neural representation model for spatial and conceptual computations

PNAS 10 Mar 2025
There are neurons that respond to specific nonspatial semantic ... .
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