US military baseCompensation politicsDevelopmentalismThis chapter tries to describe human insecurity in Okinawa and to investigate issues in applying the concept of human security to the periphery of a developed country. Reframing security in human terms will have profound consequences for how we see ...
Okinawa, US Military Bases in Japan Kadena Air Base is a United States Air Force installation on the Japanese island of Okinawa, often referred to as the “Keystone of the Pacific”. At present, it is the largest United States Air Force base in the Pacific region. Kadena Air Base is home...
US military officials press to keep Marine air base on OkinawaMalcolm Foster
TENS of thousands of protesters gathered in Okinawa yesterday, angered at the continuing presence of US military bases on the Japanese island. Many wore black in mourning for a local woman who had been raped and killed. An American contractor has been arrested in connection with the case. ...
The relocation of MCAS Futenma that has been agreed since 1996 by Japan and the United States was still not fully approved by Okinawa people. The Okinawa people do not want the military base to be relocated to Nago city, because they wanted the US military base to be completely removed ...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government protested Friday to the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo over at least two sexual assault cases involving American servicemembers on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa which were only recently made public.
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has urged Japan’s central government to do more to reduce the U.S. military presence in the southern island group. U.S. Ambassador Rahm Emanuel, who proposed the event, said the market brought healthy, local produce to consumers at Camp Hansen, while ...
All US servicemen stationed in Japan are now banned from drinking, both on and off base, said the US military. In Okinawa, American personnel are also restricted to base or to their homes. “When our service members fail to live up to the high standards we set for them, it damages the...
"The U.S. should not forget that the Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, where the B-52 takes off, and naval bases in Japan and Okinawa, where nuclear-powered submarines are launched, are within the striking range of the DPRK's precision strike means," said the statement as communicated by...
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