How long does the government intend to continue with the process of ignoring opposing views and accumulating fait accompli?

For years, both Japan and the United States have insisted that constructing a U.S. air station off Nago in Okinawa Prefecture ...

Okinawa's Gov. Denny Tamaki renewed demands Thursday that Japan's central government halt construction of a U.S. Marine Corps. base being relocated to a less-crowded area of the southern Japanese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOKYO — A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve the central government’s modified plan for ...

Day No. 3517 of the Henoko tent protest, and on a beautiful morning like this it’s easy to understand why they do it. Northern Okinawa is an open landscape of mountain and jungle — a world away from ...

This shows a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan on May 2, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to ...

GINOWAN, Okinawa — Almost 24,000 people surrounded Marine Corps Air Station Futenma here Sunday, forming a 6.8-mile human chain to demand the air base close. The event was part of a weekend of ...

Once thought possible within five to seven years, the return to Japan of land used for a U.S. military base in Okinawa remains a distant hope for local residents, three decades after Tokyo and ...

(The third paragraph contained an erroneous description about the press conference room at the prime minister's office. The room used at the time of the 1996 agreement is different from the one ...

The decision to grant a permit to build a U.S. Marine Corps airbase on an offshore landfill near the village of Henoko village is being hailed as an important breakthrough in U.S.-Japanese ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Okinawa prefecture again wants to sample soil and water on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma after detecting PFOS at a neighboring elementary school in December. Tests by the ...