KITA-NAKAGUSUKU, Okinawa Prefecture--A park created from a residential area at a U.S. military base here has opened to the public ahead of its handover to Japan. The Lower Plaza Housing Area at ...

The Okinawa government has pointed to the risks of significant ground subsidence after the landfill work is completed. If that's the case, it will disrupt the operation of the new base.

The new U.S. base off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture ... support to the U.S. military since 1979 to help it cover housing and welfare facilities in Japan. But the government ...

The central government and Okinawa have long been at odds over the transfer of the Futenma base from a crowded residential district in Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago. Okinawa has ...

Sand deposition for work reinforcing soft soil as part of the U.S. military base transfer within Okinawa Prefecture began Saturday, Japan's Defense Ministry said, marking progress in the controversial ...