The Okinawa Prefectural Government on Wednesday filed another lawsuit against the central government as it seeks to halt the ongoing landfill work for the relocation of a U.S. air base within the prefecture. In the lawsuit filed with the Naha branch of the Fukuoka High ...
Look at the SOFA pool of labor
An overlooked pool of potential workers is the dependent population of U.S. military personnel assigned to Japan.
Thousands rally in Okinawa to urge Tokyo and Washington to scrap base relocation plan
A rally attended by thousands of Okinawa residents on Saturday urged the Japanese and U.S. governments to scrap a plan to relocate a controversial U.S. air base within the prefecture. In the wake of last months local referendum that showed a majority of the island ...
A rocky way forward for Henoko base
New U.S. base faces a double blow: a referendum defeat and an uphill construction battle.
The government should think hard about the wisdom of building a new U.S. military facility over the strong opposition of the host prefecture and its people.
Court rejects Okinawa's demand that U.S. base relocation be halted
A high court on Wednesday rejected the Okinawa Prefectural Government's demand that the transfer of a key U.S. base within the island prefecture be halted, boosting the central government's bid to continue construction work on a new air facility. The Naha branch of the Fukuoka ...
The Japanese government takes steps against Okinawa blocking U.S. base landfill work
Tokyo has asked the land ministry to review and invalidate a decision by Okinawa authorities that forced a suspension of work to relocate U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki asks Abe to scrap planned relocation of U.S. Marine's Futenma base
Tamaki also calls for a “fundamental review” of a bilateral agreement on the status of U.S. forces and a reduction in Okinawa’s base-hosting burden.
New Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki may meet top government spokesman and Abe in Tokyo on Friday
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday he is considering meeting with new Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in Tokyo on Friday. The governor's representatives proposed that Tamaki visit the Prime Minister's Office on Friday, Suga told a news conference, adding that he will meet with ...
Okinawa's new governor and the national government should instead dialogue to explore a way out of the standoff over the relocation of the Futenma base functions to Henoko.
