Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi met with Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki here on March 16 to address the growing ...

China has made extensive use of malinformation. Its story about the Okinawa protests – headlined “Okinawan People Demand ...

The snack bar’s proprietress was also concerned about COVID-19 outbreaks occurring at U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture. “Is Schwab OK?” she asked. Kayou said about the U.S ...

[Reuters] Public sentiment toward U.S. military bases on the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa appears to be changing, amid growing tensions with China and the shock of Russia's 2022 invasion ...

Recently, the military has built new bases and expanded Africa-focused operations ... Since 1995, anti-base protests have escalated in Okinawa, where there are still more than 30 bases.

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Ryukyus and its affiliated hospital have moved to the new medical center.

Anxious teachers have removed Pride flags and posters promoting “gender ideology” are forbidden at the school serving U.S.

The US military decided to relocate its bases from the mainland to Okinawa. The move succeeded in ridding people in mainland Japan of frustration with the US military, but forced the people of ...

Anthropologist David Vine spent several years visiting and investigating U.S military bases abroad ... as we allegedly have done at Okinawa in Japan. He highlights the environmental damage ...

Okinawa has the largest concentration of American military bases in Japan. It also has law enforcement officials who ...

After the war, Americans occupied and administered Okinawa. In 1972, administration of the island reverted back to Japan, but American military bases remain to this day. They exist not only to ...