The new base will replace the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in Okinawa Prefecture. It is being built on reclaimed land off Nago’s Henoko district, and the project has ...

plans to inspect the U.S. marine base have been met with resistance. The recent mayoral election in Okinawa is a step forward for Tokyo, but challenges still remain on the Futenma issue.

The US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma has been described as the world's most dangerous base. Just three days later, Clinton ordered Secretary of Defense William Perry, who served in Okinawa ...

By his own estimate, Cancian said using the U.S. Kadena Air Base in the prefecture for some of the helicopters based at Futenma might prove to be an “attractive” alternative if it is ever ...

If that's the case, it will disrupt the operation of the new base. A deadlock in the Futenma air base relocation plan would end up leaving the base where it is now as "the world's most dangerous ...

They are building a military base in Henoko in the name of relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air base from Ginowan. Militarizing Okinawa Prefecture is what the Japanese and U.S ...

The relocation is intended to address safety and nuisance concerns. But Okinawans want the Futenma air base moved off the island completely and warn the construction would endanger marine life. You ...

"We will keep doing all we can to realize the full return of the Futenma air station site as soon as possible and reduce the burden of hosting the base," Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Keiichiro ...

The United States and Japan agreed to relocate the Futenma air base, one of the most controversial installations north of the capital, to a remote area of coastline at Henoko on the east coast of ...

Sand deposition for work reinforcing soft soil as part of the U.S. military base transfer within Okinawa Prefecture began Saturday, Japan's Defense Ministry said, marking progress in the controversial ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircrafts are seen at the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air ...