In Okinawa, the thought that the victim could well have been oneself or one’s daughter is common enough. A song by Yoko Tamaki goes, “The girls who were killed by military bases in their ...
A year before the reversion, then-Okinawa leader Chobyo Yara submitted a petition asking Japan’s central government to make the island free of military bases. Today, however, a majority of the ...
Okinawa, accounting for less than 1 percent of Japan's total land mass, hosts 70 percent of U.S. military bases in the country. According to official statistics, from 1972 to 2023, U.S. soldiers ...
U.S. military presence on Okinawa has strained relations with the ... $2.8 billion for infrastructure projects at Camp Blaz, Naval Base Guam and Andersen Air Force Base. The U.S. will fund ...
The protesters wanted U.S. military bases removed from Okinawa. British singer, actress Marianne Faithful dead at 78 Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Noted British singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithful ...