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Behind Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's indecisiveness on the future of a U.S. military base in Okinawa Prefecture seems to be the firm determination of his former boss, Ichiro Ozawa, to keep a grip on parliament and even a bigger ulterior...

The Okinawa prefectural assembly unanimously passed a statement Thursday urging the U.S. military to hand over custody of a U.S. serviceman suspected to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident last month in Okinawa even before his indictment in...

Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada on Monday stressed to heads of local governments hosting the U.S. Kadena Air Base in Okinawa that a reduction in the noise level is a prerequisite in considering relocating a nearby U.S...To access full stories on...

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Okinawa Gov Hirokazu Nakaima will hold talks Monday in Tokyo over the relocation of a U.S. military airfield in Okinawa Prefecture, which has become a major sticking point in U.S.-Japan ties, prefectural officials said Friday....

Ambassador to Japan John Roos plans to visit Okinawa Prefecture on Nov 30 for talks with Gov Hirokazu Nakaima on the relocation of a U.S. Marine airfield, sources close to the move said Friday in the southern prefecture. Roos is...

The city assembly of Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, adopted a statement Monday seeking that the U.S. Marines Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan be relocated to another part of Japan or outside the country.      Such moves are predicted to expand to...