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The prefecture constitutes around 0.6% of Japan's total land area, but still hosts 70% of the total acreage used by U.S. military facilities in Japan, leading to continued protests.

A man was arrested on suspicion of trespassing onto a Marine Corps base on Okinawa.

The government plans to draw up a strategy to beef up the economy of Okinawa Prefecture, in line with the 50th anniversary in May of its return to Japan.

ISHIGAKI, Okinawa Prefecture--The incumbent mayor of Ishigaki has won re-election, the latest in a string of blows dealt to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki’s All Okinawa group.

Discord between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's local chapters and national headquarters over who to back in opposition strongholds have prompted the delay.

NAHA--Okinawa prefectural officials will commission a boring survey near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, over a suspected carcinogen found in rivers near the base. 

Okinawa Gov Denny Tamaki is set to run for the gubernatorial election expected to take place in September, seeking his second term as the governor of the southern island prefecture, hosting the majority of U.S. military bases in Japan, according to people familiar with the m...

Tamaki is expected to run against Atsushi Sakima, a 57-year-old former mayor of Ginowan who is seen as a potential candidate backed by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

Government-backed incumbent Taketoyo Toguchi was comfortably re-elected as mayor of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 23. His rival, who had the support of Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki, campaigned against the central government’s relentless drive to build a U.S. military base off the city’s Henoko district.

NAGO, Okinawa Prefecture--Measures to improve the local economy and living conditions took priority over an “increasingly unwinnable fight” here, giving the incumbent a comfortable victory over his anti-U.S. military base challenger in the Nago mayoral election.