Latest Okinawa promotion plan calls for removal of U.S. base

Governor Denny Tamaki has submitted a formal plan to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida aiming to boost the incomes of islanders ...
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Former enlisted Marine returns to Okinawa to lead installations command

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Okinawa — A general who rose through the enlisted ranks is back on Okinawa to lead Marine Corps installations across the Pacific. Brig. Gen. Ralph Rizzo Jr. assumed ...
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INTERVIEW: Many Residents Against Futenma Relocation within Okinawa

Inamine, a former businessman, was first elected leader of Okinawa in the 1998 gubernatorial election, in which the ...
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Editorial: 30 years later, Okinawa still awaits return of US Marines' Futenma base

Thirty years have passed since Japan and the United States agreed to fully return the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, to local control. Yet the base remains, and ...
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Marines extend Reaper deployment at Okinawa air base, Japanese officials say

The Marine Corps plans to keep a group of MQ-9A Reaper drones on Okinawa indefinitely beyond their original yearlong deployment, according to Japan’s Ministry of Defense. Fewer than six of the ...
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Experts warn moving Marines away from Okinawa would play into China’s hands

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2 dead after Japanese school trip boats capsize off US military base site in Okinawa

A 17-year-old female student and a boat captain were pronounced dead after all 21 on board the two vessels were thrown into the water Two boats carrying 21 people capsized on Monday off Henoko, a ...