anti-base protests in Okinawa

The Indo-Pacific’s increasingly unstable security environment will ensure that Okinawa remains at the center of Japan’s defense strategy. 

Even while Tokyo moves to bolster its defense capabilities, residents of Okinawa continue to protest the militarization of their homeland.

Civil society groups claim that the tiltrotor aircraft has had a significant impact on the local population's quality of life.

Resentment and frustration run deep in Okinawa because of the heavy U.S. presence and Tokyo's lack of efforts to negotiate with Washington.

Fifty years after Okinawa was returned to Japan’s control, locals continue to decry the outsized burden the island group carries in the Japan-U.S. security alliance.

The cancellation of the controversial missile defense program is seen as discrimination by Okinawans, who have long fought base construction on similar grounds.

Yet more delays for the controversial facility as local opposition continues unabated.

The prolonged showdown intensified as the contentious landfill construction hit a design plan snag.

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

The governor's race will have major ramifications for the long-stalled Futenma relocation project.

With the death of Governor Onaga, will a new political consensus emerge on the Futenma relocation question?