Camp S. D. Butler is among the multitude of military installations under the jurisdiction of the United States of America, but run by the Japanese regulations and laws. The base is located in Okinawa and is operated by the United States Marine Corps. The base was named in the memory of S...
Tamaki also highlighted the fact that Okinawa is still shouldering the host of U.S. military bases in Japan and called for plans to relocate a U.S. Marine Corps base within the prefecture to be scrapped. Despite continued staunch opposition from the Okinawa prefectural government and local citiz...
The Marine Corps is committed to the defense of Japan and meeting operational requirements to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific, and it will maintain presence in the region “through a combination of stationing and rotating Marines in Japan, Guam and Hawaii,” the joint statement sai...
The paper particularly examines the dominant discourses of US officials around the history of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which often ignore, or disguise at best, the colonial foundation of military bases in Okinawa.doi:10.1080/14650045.2020.1801646Hidefumi Nishiyama...
United States Marine Corps bases, Military bases of the United States in Japan, United States Armed Forces in Okinawa Prefecture Camp McTureous Camp McTureous is part of Marine Corps Base Butler in Kawasaki and Nishihara, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan. Located in the western part of Agena dis...
Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi welcomed the move as helping to reduce the burden of U.S. bases borne by Okinawa Prefecture. But Atsushi Toma, mayor of Ginoza, said it is only “a step forward.” He vowed to continue calling on the central government to achieve more tangible results in allevi...
TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of U.S. Marines at two bases on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa have been infected with the coronavirus in what is feared to be a massive outbreak, Okinawa’s governor said Saturday, demanding an adequate explanation from the U.S. military. ...
The latest lawsuit is aimed at halting the central government's ongoing plans to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan to the less populated Henoko coastal region of Nago, which is also on Okinawa island. The lawsuit argues that the central government has not secured...
• A list of popular establishments for shopping, eating, playing, and sightseeing available on Marine Corps bases as well as local establishments, beaches, parks, and markets. • A safe guide for Marines that includes the liberty policy, a list of off-limit establishments, and special liber...
A rally in Naha, the island’s capital, called for a review of the US-Japanese agreement under which Okinawa hosts the bulk of American troops in Japan. Also contentious is a plan to relocate a Marine Corps air station to a less-populated part of the southwestern island. The plan develope...