A district court in Okinawa Prefecture dismissed on Tuesday a lawsuit filed by citizens of Ginowan, current host of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, against Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga's decision to block the base's relocation within the prefecture. In the suit filed with the ...
Protesters in Okinawa marched on Friday, calling for a halt to the controversial construction of a new U.S. military facility. Sunday marks the 44th anniversary of the prefecture's reversion from American control. Around 700 people, including representatives of civil groups and labor unions, gathered on ...
About 200 people in Okinawa rallied Sunday to push for the early return of land occupied by the Futenma military base ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bilateral accord on returning it to Japanese control. The protesters gathered near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station ...
Ginowan Mayor Atsushi Sakima hopes to visit Washington D.C. as early as April to press his case for closing U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma as early as possible. Sakima won re-election last month with the support of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Details of the visit, ...
Top government officials in Tokyo welcome the victory by the ruling bloc-backed candidate in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture's mayoral election, saying it will give momentum to the Futenma base relocation.
In what was seen as a proxy battle over the controversial Futenma U.S. base relocation plan, Ginowan Mayor Sakima wins re-election.
Voters in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, cast their ballots for a new mayor in a key local election with implications for the relocation of a contentious U.S. military base.
Less than two weeks remain until a local election that may influence both the planned relocation of the Futenma military base and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's effort to secure a two-thirds majority in this summer's Upper House election. The Jan. 24 mayoral election in Ginowan, ...
The mayor of the Okinawa city aims to build a Disney Resort on land to be vacated after the base is replaced, with Tokyo’s expressed support.
The United States and Japan announce the return in 2018 of two strips of land from military bases in Okinawa to widen civilian roads.
Stone artifacts and clay pots have been discovered in a coastal area of Okinawa where a U.S. military air base is to be relocated, a survey by Nago authorities has found. If prefectural authorities acknowledge the area as an archaeological site, it could cause fresh ...
The outcome of Sunday's city assembly election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, shows that voters remain strongly opposed to the relocation of U.S. Marine Corp Air Station Futenma to the Henoko area despite economic steps by the Abe administration to buy their support.
