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Jellyfish of new species, found off Okinawa, likely use lures to catch fish

Asahi News 21 Mar 2026
A new species of jellyfish that uses its long tentacles as “fishing lures” has been discovered off Kumejima island in Okinawa Prefecture, researchers said ... Multiple jellyfish of the same species were later found in the surrounding waters.
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Defense experts warn of Indo-Pacific gap as Marines deploy from Japan to Middle East

Stars and Stripes 19 Mar 2026
Sending a Marine expeditionary unit from Okinawa to stand by in the Middle East leaves a gap in U.S ... Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team train on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, March 6, 2026. (Ryan M ... But pulling U.S ... .
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2 dead after protest boats against U.S. base relocation capsize off Japan's Okinawa

People Daily 17 Mar 2026
TOKYO, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people died after two boats used in protests against the relocation of a U.S. military base capsized off Henoko in Japan's island prefecture of Okinawa on Monday morning, local media reported ... (Web editor ... .
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2 dead after 2 boats carrying students capsize off US base construction site in southern Japan

Newsday 17 Mar 2026
TOKYO — Two boats carrying 21 people capsized Monday off Henoko, a controversial relocation site for a U.S. military base off Japan's southern island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said ... Sign up.
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2 boats capsize off Japan's Okinawa, 1 unconscious

China.dot.org 16 Mar 2026
TOKYO, March 16 (Xinhua) -- More than 10 people ...
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2 dead after protest boats with students aboard capsize in Okinawa

Straits Times 16 Mar 2026
The students were on the vessels as part of the school's peace education curriculum ....
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2 dead after Japanese school trip boats capsize off US military base site in Okinawa

South China Morning Post 16 Mar 2026
... island of Okinawa, throwing all into the water and leaving two of them dead, officials said.
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2 die as boats capsize in student tour on base relocation work in Okinawa

Kyodo 16 Mar 2026
military base relocation in the Japanese island prefecture of Okinawa, according to a regional coast guard ... I am heartbroken," Okinawa Gov ... But many people in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S.
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Two dead, including teenager, after boats capsize off Japan's Okinawa

The Peninsula 16 Mar 2026
Two people, including a 17-year-old girl, died Monday after a pair of boats carrying high school students capsized close to Japan's Okinawa island, the coast guard said ... Many residents of Okinawa ...
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2nd LD Writethru: 2 dead after protest boats against U.S. base relocation capsize off Japan's Okinawa

China.dot.org 16 Mar 2026
TOKYO, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Two people died after two boats used in protests against the relocation of a U.S. military base capsized off Henoko in Japan's island prefecture of Okinawa on Monday morning, local media reported ... Enditem .
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2 unconscious after protest boats against U.S. base relocation capsize in Japan's Okinawa

Xinhua 16 Mar 2026
military base capsized off the coast of Henoko in Japan's island prefecture of Okinawa on Monday morning, local media reported. The accident occurred shortly after 10.10 a.m ... ■ ... base relocation capsize in Japan's Okinawa. .
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School trip to ‘learn about peace’ turns tragic as boats capsize near Okinawa base

Stars and Stripes 16 Mar 2026
NAGO, Okinawa — A teenage girl and a boat captain died Monday after two vessels carrying Japanese students on a school trip overturned near the site of a planned Marine Corps airfield, according to Japan’s coast guard.
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Marines assist local woman injured in car collision outside their Okinawa base

Stars and Stripes 13 Mar 2026
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Two Marines out for an evening run last month provided aid to a Japanese woman who suffered chest trauma in a car accident on a busy thoroughfare in central Okinawa ... Okinawa.
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Marine will not appeal attempted sexual assault conviction to Japan’s Supreme Court

Stars and Stripes 13 Mar 2026
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A U.S. Marine convicted of strangling and attempting to sexually assault a woman at her Okinawa home in May 2024 will forgo a final appeal and serve the remainder of his seven-year sentence in a Japanese prison ... Okinawa.
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Okinawa youth baseball team evacuates their field as Marine helicopter lands nearby

Stars and Stripes 09 Mar 2026
NAGO, Okinawa — This city in northern Okinawa has lodged a formal protest after a U.S ... A Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter makes a a precautionary landing nearthe Kyoda Baseball Field in Nago city, Okinawa, March 6, 2026. (Nago, Okinawa).

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