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 ...

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 ...

10 began a new phase of land reclamation work in Okinawa Prefecture for a controversial project to relocate a U.S. air base within ... threat posed by the Futenma base to local communities as ...

If that's the case, it will disrupt the operation of the new base. A deadlock in the Futenma air base relocation plan would ...

More than a decade has passed since a panel of experts first proposed ways to use the vast green space occupied by the U.S. Marine Corps Air ... base” because of the 167 accidents involving ...

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 ...

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 ...