Students and citizens’ groups staged their protests as the Japanese Defense Ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bureau on Tuesday launched building works. Read more
The Okinawa prefectural government is demanding that the work be halted, claiming that the ministry has not completed its prior consultation with the prefecture. Read more
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Sunday the government will proceed with the planned U.S. military base relocation within Okinawa Prefecture. Read more
The Japanese government this week started construction work essential to the relocation of the Futenma Marine base in Okinawa over the objections of the prefectural government and the wishes... Read more
The government on Wednesday started construction work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture after overriding the local government's objection and approv... Read more
The government on Wednesday started construction work for the transfer of a key U.S. military base within Okinawa Prefecture after overriding the local government's objection and approv... Read more
The central government on Thursday gave the green light for a modified landfill plan that will see a key U.S. military base transferred within Okinawa Prefecture, taking the unprecedented st... Read more
A high court on Wednesday ordered the governor of Okinawa Prefecture to approve a modified plan for landfill work to relocate a key U.S. base within the prefecture, endorsing the central gov... Read more
The project to relocate a U.S. military base to the Henoko coastal area in Okinawa Prefecture is entering a new phase five years after land reclamation began there. Read more
The government's fiscal 2024 budget proposal is seen including ¥267.8 billion in spending to promote Okinawa Prefecture's development, down ¥100 million from the previous year, a g... Read more
