Japan is expected to cover the vast majority of the estimated $1 billion or more it will cost to build new facilities for the US and consolidate existing ones. But some Japanese observers, while pleased about closures of US bases in Okinawa, are already beginning to sound anxious about the ...
There are 23 US military bases in Japan according to our database which is being updated all the time. Learn more about US Bases in Japan.
SEOUL, South KoreaIn a statement released on state television Thursday North Korea warned of retaliatory military actions against the United States for flying U.S. military bombers over the Korean Peninsula last week, and even threatened U.S. military bases in Okinawa, Japan and Guam. North Kore...
Okinawa still hosts nearly 75 percent of the US military presence in Japan.
Community, Resistance and Sustainability in an Okinawan Village: Yomitan 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 ...
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. ...
a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa, whose strategic role is seen increasingly important for the Japan-U.S. military alliance in the face of growing tensions with China. Japan's southwestern shift of its own military also focuses heavily on...
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The long-standing opposition to the military bases intensified in May after a former US Marine was arrested over the rape and murder of a local 20-year-old woman. The protesters are calling for the US to move the Futenma base off the island entirely instead of the proposed plan to reloca...
There are 23 US military bases in Japan according to our database which is being updated all the time. Learn more about US Bases in Japan.