Japanese Government Agrees to Spend $3 Billion to Boot U.S. Marines out of Okinawa
By Noel Brinkerhoff | AllGov | October 05, 2013
Japan’s government has agreed to give Washington $3 billion to facilitate the downsizing of the U.S. Marine force on Okinawa.
The longstanding American military presence on Okinawa has been a sore point for many Japanese living on the strategic island, which has been under U.S. control since World War II.
