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May 14, 2022
A peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced was held Saturday in the southern island prefecture, a day before the 50th anniversary of its reversion to Japan. For the first time since taking office in October last year, Prime&#x...
May 14, 2022
Tokyo, May 14 (EFE).- About 1,000 people attended a marc in Okinawa on Saturday, calling for peace and the scaling down of American military bases in the province a day before the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan on May 15, 1972. The nine-km march was the first in three years after the Covid-19 …
May 12, 2022
Japan should carry out an exhaustive review of its defense strategy, a former diplomat said this week.
May 12, 2022
Fifty years after Japan regained dominion over Okinawa, the island prefecture’s young people are more accustomed than their parents and grandparents to the U.S. military presence on the island.
May 11, 2022
Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki tried to amp up the pressure on the prime minister at a meeting on May 10 to find another solution to the controversial relocation of a U.S. military base.
May 10, 2022
Japanese police say they are questioning a Marine involved in a vehicle crash that killed a Japanese pedestrian over the weekend.
May 10, 2022
Okinawan native Jinshiro Motoyama launched a hunger strike on May 9 in front of the prime ministers office in Tokyo over the contentious relocation of a U.S. military base in the southern prefecture.
May 10, 2022
Okinawa Gov Denny Tamaki held talks Tuesday with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, urging him to scrap a controversial plan to relocate a U.S. air base within the southern prefecture, days ahead of the 50th anniversary of its reversion to Japan. The governor handed Kishida a set...
May 9, 2022
A 61-year-old man died after being hit by a car driven by a 20-year-old U.S. Marine in Chatan, Okinawa, on Sunday, police said. According to police, the incident occurred at around 7:30 a.m. along National Route 58. Local media reported that the vehicle driven by the&#x...
May 9, 2022
Fifty years after Okinawas reversion to Japanese rule, the southern island prefecture has become more important for U.S. forces as a strategic foothold, as China and North Korea move to challenge regional stability.