U.S. Marines plan to keep using Futenma base through 2028
Source: Japan Times
Ginowan :: Japan | updated 2013-05-10 10:28:22 -0700 | political-news
Marine Corps expects to use the Futenma air station in Okinawa for at least another 10 to 15 years, a top officer told a Senate hearing Thursday amid a stalemate over the facility's contentious replacement plan. We will be at...
Japan's militarized island seeks makeover
Source: Asia Times Online
Ginowan :: Japan | updated 2013-04-11 13:09:25 -0700 | political-news
The island of Okinawa has long been known as the base camp for a majority of the United States' 50,000 troops in Japan.
Timeline seen for Futenma land reversion
Source: Japan Times
Ginowan :: Japan | updated 2013-03-30 10:28:26 -0700 | political-news
Tokyo and Washington plan to stipulate that the site of a contentious U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa be returned to Japan's control within nine years and that the handover of five other facilities and areas leased to the U.S....
Okinawa rally a call for existence without bases
Source: Japan Times
Ginowan :: Japan | updated 2013-05-20 12:41:57 -0700 | political-news
Residents and supporters held a rally Sunday to call for a peaceful Okinawa free of military bases 41 years after the prefecture reverted to Japanese rule. Despite heavy rain, about 3,500 people turned out for the rally in a park...
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