Japan pays the US $1.4 billion each year for the bases in Okinawa, which underpin their military alliance. Okinawa, Japan's ...

young people feel that there is nothing we can do about the U.S. military bases, since they already exist, and that they are also necessary for the defense of Japan,” Shima said. Okinawa’s ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for ... is suspected of raping a Japanese woman at an American military base in March, and is also suspected of injuring another woman ...

A survey by the Okinawan government found that levels of PFAS “forever chemicals” in water supplies near U.S. military bases ...

"My position is that I accept the current Japan-U.S. alliance," Tamaki says in an interview. "But because U.S. military bases are overly concentrated in Okinawa, I have been telling the Japanese ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa ... its Japan installations indefinitely as the military continues to respond to discontent on Okinawa over recent alleged sexual crimes. Increased checks and off-base ...

The U.S. bases continue to be the focus of contention for Okinawa residents. The U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement, which grants the U.S. military extraterritoriality on their island ...

KUHN: Okinawa hosts 70% of U.S. military bases and more than half of the 54,000 U.S. military personnel in Japan on less than 1% of its land. Polls show about 70% of Okinawans feel that's unfair ...

a U.S. Marine Corps base on a southern Japanese island of Okinawa, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (U.S. Embassy via AP) TOKYO — As the United States and Japan further strengthen their military alliance ...

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 ...

TOKYO — Okinawa ... in Japan under a bilateral security pact and 70% of U.S. military facilities are still in Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land. Because of the U.S. bases ...