Japan's wartime military, in an attempt to delay a U.S ... Because of the U.S. bases, Okinawa faces noise, pollution, accidents and crime related to American troops, Tamaki said.

Yet the disparity in shared bases between mainland Japan, where they are common, and Okinawa, where they are not, remains. Because of this, the SCC has made shared use of U.S. military bases on ...

Two U.S. Marines in Okinawa, Japan, are under investigation for ... is suspected of raping a Japanese woman at an American military base in March, and is also suspected of injuring another woman ...

"My position is that I accept the current Japan-U.S. alliance," Tamaki says in an interview. "But because U.S. military bases are overly concentrated in Okinawa, I have been telling the Japanese ...

Japan also rapidly seeks to buildup its military in the southwestern ... of Futenma base and the scrapping of the base construction at Henoko. Okinawa accounts for just 0.6% of Japanese land.

Japan's Emperor Naruhito visited Okinawa with his family to honor the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa. The visit ...