US Swaps Okinawa Base Land for Japanese Military Support Future Military Crises in Asia May See Bigger Role for Japan in Aiding USSOMETIMES when you give a little, you get a lot in return.US and Japanese officials yesterday announced agreements to hand back roughly 20 percent of the land the...
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...
About 65,000 people attended the rally. Many held signs demanding the Marines leave and the overall military on Okinawa be scaled back. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government is behind the security agreement with the US, and wants Japan to take on a bigger military role on the international ...
US military officials press to keep Marine air base on OkinawaMalcolm Foster
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 ...
Nearly one-fifth of the land surface of Okinawa's small, crowded main island is devoted to 38 bases and facilities for the US military (almost 75% of the US forces stationed in Japan). Johnson depicts Okinawa as a hotspot among... M Tanji - Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 被引量: ...
The US military presence on the small Japanese island of Okinawais in as much doubt now as it...McCurry, Justin
A clash between Japan’s central government and Okinawa island, host to the bulk of US troops in Japan, deepened yesterday when the southern island’s governor ordered a halt to underwater work at the site of a planned relocation of a US Marine base. ...
Crowds are gathering on the Japanese island of Okinawa to protest against the heavy US military presence there. About 50,000 protesters are expected to rally in the prefectural capital Naha, with a simultaneous gathering due to happen outside the parliament building in Tokyo. The long-standing ...
Washington wants to push the deal through as part of a wider plan to re-organize US troops and reduce the burden on Okinawa by moving up to 8-thousand Marines to Guam.Although Okinawa makes up only 0.6 percent of Japan's land mass, it hosts about half the US troops in the country. ...