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KADENA, Okinawa Prefecture--The aging fleet of mainstay U.S. F-15 fighter jets at Kadena Air Base is gradually being withdrawn from service and replaced by a rotational deployment of some of the most advanced aircraft in the U.S. military arsenal.
Tokyo moved Oct. 5 to remove the Okinawa prefectural government from future decision-making regarding a land reclamation project for a U.S. military base that has strained relations between the two entities to breaking point.
In a break from tradition, Minoru Kihara, the new defense minister, didn’t meet with Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki during his first visit to Okinawa after assuming office.
GENEVA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki sought a sympathetic ear from the international community as he comes under pressure to reverse his rejection of design changes over a contentious U.S. base relocation project within his prefecture.
NAHA--Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki has no more legal cards to play in the prefecture's long-running battle to stop the relocation of a U.S. military base to the Henoko district of Nago.