1215hrs JST 4 October 2008 According to current imagery(0130hrsz), Higos is fading near Hainan, China. Even with the disippating of the final Typhoon Trifecta storm there seems to be...
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Still heading towards the bulk of Japan, the storm formerly known as Typhoon Sinlaku has gradually faded after its intense encounter with Taiwan. Tappered down flood warnings are still in effect for the southern...
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A dark and gloomy sky as howling winds replace the sounds of the usual morning birdsong greetings. That is the scene on the main Ryukyu island of Okinawa on 17 September 2008 as Typhoon Sinlaku continues in its...
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Scattered rains continue to make late night/early morning appearances on the main Ryukyu island of Okinawa as Tyhpoon Sinlaku slowly moves away from Taiwan. The latest prediction by the Japanese...
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After a night of heavy downpours and thunderous clouds rolled through the horizon, chirping birds and brief glimpses of sunbeams are what greet the morning on the main Ryukyu island of Okinawa. Predictions of...
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Similar to another monsterous system that reeked extreme damage to Asia last year, Typhoon Krosa, this year Typhoon Sinlaku seems to not want to go away. According to the latest Weather Underground predictions, the...
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Another miss seems to be occuring with the latest massive cyclone to threaten this main sub-tropical island of the Ryukyu archipelago. Overnight, little has changed on Okinawa, which is still in Tropical Cyclone...
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The wait continues as the path of Typhoon Sinlaku remains uncertain, but appears to be following the original predictions of the Japan Meteorological Agency as the massive storm continues to move at a snail's pace. A...
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I had the privilege 20 years ago of working for Brig. Gen. Ralph T. Browning, a man who spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. Through working for him, I feel like I know something...
Early on Monday, a Molotov cocktail bomb was thrown to the American Consulate in Okinawa, Japan. . On Saturday, there were protests against the military presence of American troops. 25,000 US troops are based in Okinawa. This is the second attack on an American Consular...
Celebrating 100 year of Japanese immigration to Brazil I am publishing a series of influent Brazilians Japonese, I have already published brief highlights about Rui Ohtake and Tizuka Yamasaki, Today I am introducing...
US Marine Tyrone Luther Hadnott accused of raping a 14 year
girl in Okinawa. Anger spread among Japanese over rising scale of US
army men atrocities on local people.""
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Day 7 – It has been almost a week since that Wednesday afternoon barbecue when I first noticed clouds streaming through the horizon at a slow sprinter’s pace. Although at a distance, for the past seven...
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Here it is day five of rollercoaster weather being produced by Typhoon Krosa. Late Saturday (6 October 2007) the island fell victim to the outer bands of the cyclone as a heavy downpour of rain fell suddenly about...
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