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 ...

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki criticized the ... 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 ...

Okinawa’s proximity to Taiwan— less than 700 kilometers (435 miles) away— makes it an important location for US military ...

The closure and return of the Futenma air station has long been ... and forests as they are. Okinawa Prefecture has been converting former military base land into large business complexes or ...

In addition to the transfer of marines to Guam, a new US air base is also being built near Nago City, a less populated area ...

About 100 U.S. Marines in Okinawa are relocating to Guam, marking a key step in the U.S.-Japan force realignment plan.

Japan's defense minister has briefed the mayor of Nago City in Okinawa Prefecture on the start of the relocation of US Marines based in the prefecture to Guam as part of the government's effort to ...

The transfer of U.S. Marine Corps troops from Okinawa to Guam has begun, under an agreement reached more than a decade ago as ...

When I last visited Okinawa, protesters daily gathered outside ... is supposed to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the coastal territory in Henoko. The project, however ...

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The 18th Wing is prepared to use its incoming fleet of multirole fighters to counter China as it ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The U.S. Department of Defense must reassess the impacts of a controversial new military base on Okinawa in order to protect the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine ...