The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan. Fifty years after Okinawa was returned to Japan’s control ...

Since World War II the main American airbase in the Pacific was on the island of Guam. This has turned Guam into a vulnerable target for long range Chinese ballistic missiles. Guam is still important, ...

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 ...

Tamaki plans to ask the Japanese and U.S. governments to downsize the U.S. military bases in the prefecture to reach the numerical goal. The governor's statement marks the first time that Okinawa ...

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 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 ...

The islands of Okinawa Prefecture ... the rules that govern U.S. military bases in Japan. What the newspaper neglected to tell its readers was that the changes sought by the protesters were ...

Student-led walkouts have occurred on military facilities in Wiesbaden, Ramstein, Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern in Germany; Camp Humphreys in South Korea; and at bases in Kadena, Okinawa and Yokosuka ...