Denny Tamaki’s opposition to the U.S. military presence in Okinawa adds a new chapter to the Futenma relocation dispute. After a series of U.S helicopter safety mishaps, plans to inspect the U ...

Denny Tamaki’s opposition to the U.S. military presence in Okinawa adds a new chapter to the Futenma relocation dispute.

"His main message was that the people of Okinawa want the prime minister to ask the US to return Futenma," he recalls. Eda says the Foreign Ministry was opposed to the idea. "It said the Prime ...

Mondale was a pivotal figure in talks over the return of land to Japan used for the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa Prefecture. When Mondale was appointed as ambassador to Japan ...

The Defense Ministry will pick up the tab for processing water contaminated with a suspected carcinogen in storage at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture.

Okinawa Prefecture, in preparation for the relocation of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from the prefectural city of Ginowan to the area. The seafloor in the area hosts a vast swath of soft ...