A wide gap exists between Okinawa Prefecture and the rest of Japan on whether the southern island prefecture should continue to host the bulk of U.S. military bases in Japan, surveys showed.

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 ...

Despite recently closing hundreds of bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases ... protests have escalated in Okinawa, where there are still ...

A Japanese high court has ruled in favor of the central government in a long-running dispute over a plan to relocate a US military base within Okinawa Prefecture. A high court on Wednesday ordered ...

In 2024, the US military tentatively deployed two Tritons at the Kadena base for about five months from May. Okinawa is part of a chain of islands stretching south-west from Kyushu towards Taiwan ...

The snack bar’s proprietress was also concerned about COVID-19 outbreaks occurring at U.S. military bases in Okinawa Prefecture ... they returned to the United States and said: “I want ...