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NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki is issuing a four-point policy call to mark the 50th anniversary of the prefecture’s return to Japanese sovereignty that includes a renewed plea to the central government to significantly slash the island’s disproportionate U.S. military bases burden.

Japan's security policy relies "too heavily" on Okinawa, Gov. Denny Tamaki said at a news conference on the proposals for "realizing a peaceful and prosperous Okinawa."

NAHA (Kyodo) -- Okinawa Prefecture has called on the central government to scrap a plan to relocate a U.S. air base within the southern Japanese prefe

Okinawa Prefecture has called on the central government to scrap a plan to relocate a U.S. air base within the southern Japanese prefecture in its new proposals for creating a &quot&#x3B;peaceful and prosperous&quot&#x3B; future released Saturday ahead of the 50th anniversary of it...

Denny Tamaki says the continued presence of U.S. military bases on Okinawa impedes the prefecture’s development.

The nationwide poll found that 58% of respondents supported transferring some of the U.S. military facilities outside of the prefecture.

While the Okinawa Prefecture accounts for less than one percent of Japanese territory, 74 percent of all the US military facilities in Japan and over 50... 05.05.2022, Sputnik International

The move comes just ahead of the 50th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japanese rule.

Japans lower house on adopts a resolution urging the government to reduce the burden on Okinawa in hosting the bulk of U.S. forces in the country, in a move that marks the 50th anniversary of the southern island prefectures reversion to Japanese rule.

OKINAWA, Okinawa Prefecture--The incumbent mayor of Okinawa won re-election on April 24, the latest in a string of blows dealt to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki’s All Okinawa group.