The transfer of U.S. Marine Corps troops from Okinawa to Guam has begun, under an agreement reached more than a decade ago as ...
About 100 U.S. Marines in Okinawa are relocating to Guam, marking a key step in the U.S.-Japan force realignment plan.
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 ...
The Japanese and U.S. governments must accelerate efforts to ensure that the burden on Okinawa Prefecture, where many U.S.
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’s proximity to Taiwan— less than 700 kilometers (435 miles) away— makes it an important location for US military ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
U.S. Marines have begun a partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam, 12 years after Japan and the United States agreed on their ...