The Naha district court handed Christopher Browning 10 years in jail and Skyler Dozierwalker nine years.

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Skyler Dozierwalker, 23, and Christopher Browning, 24, admitted the charges before the Naha district court on the southern island.

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Okinawa's governor, Masahide Ota, has been badgered by developers who drool over Futenma's open spaces close to the crowded prefectural capital, Naha.

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Also, in the August 2009 elections, Denny Tamaki, a former radio deejay with a fondness for rock-and-roll, won a seat in the Lower House, representing a district in Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, located south of the main Japanese islands.

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On its front would be a picture of the famous Shureimon gate of the Shurijo castle in Naha, the home of the former rulers of the Ryukyu kingdom before it was annexed by Japan in the 17th century and renamed Okinawa.

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