The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan. Denny Tamaki met with Prime Minister Abe and the U.S. embassy ...

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 ...

Two Air Force fighter squadrons arrived at Kadena Air Base last week as part of the service’s ongoing rotational deployments to the home of the 18th Wing on Okinawa. F-35A Lightning IIs with the ...

Hundreds of activists took part in a peace march in Okinawa on May 13 to call for the removal of U.S. bases from the southernmost prefecture and to remember the devastation left by World War II.