Okinawa

Guam, Marianas brace for massive US military redeployment

RT | November 23, 2015 Thousands of American military personnel are expected to arrive in the Mariana Islands over the next several years, as part of the US strategic “pivot” to East Asia. Many will come from Okinawa, Japan, where many local residents want US bases closed. Military facilities in Guam, the archipelago’s largest island […]

Henoko Takes on U.S. Imperialism

By Maya Evans | Dissident Voice | November 7, 2015 OKINAWA, JAPAN — Around one hundred and fifty Japanese protesters gathered to stop construction trucks from entering the U.S. base Camp Schwab, after the Ministry of Land over-ruled the local Governors’ decision to revoke permission for construction plans, criticizing the “mainland-centric” Japanese Government of compromising […]

Henoko Takes on U.S. Imperialism

OKINAWA, JAPAN — Around one hundred and fifty Japanese protesters gathered to stop construction trucks from entering the U.S. base Camp Schwab, after the Ministry of Land over-ruled the local Governors’ decision to revoke permission for construction plans, criticizing the “mainland-centric” Japanese Government of compromising the environmental, health and safety interests of the Islanders.
Riot police poured out of buses at six a.m., out-numbering protesters four to one, with road sitters systematically picked off in less than an hour to make way for construction vehicles.

Living Under the Metal Osprey

Okinawa — In late October 2015, I was with 3 Okinawa peace activists and a British solidarity activist on a tour of local resistance to U.S. military bases. After an hour of driving north from the city of Nago, crossing deep ravines and shimmering blue bays, we approached a dense forest, where the U.S. military’s only jungle warfare training center is situated, way up in the northernmost section of the island of Okinawa.

Tokyo orders work to start on Okinawa US base, despite governor’s opposition

RT | October 28, 2015 Japan’s Defense Ministry says it will restart work on a land reclamation project, which is vital for a proposed US military base on the site. This is likely to infuriate the local Okinawa prefectural government, who are deeply against the move. Work is planned to start on Thursday and will […]

Tokyo orders work to start on Okinawa US base, despite governor’s opposition

RT | October 28, 2015 Japan’s Defense Ministry says it will restart work on a land reclamation project, which is vital for a proposed US military base on the site. This is likely to infuriate the local Okinawa prefectural government, who are deeply against the move. Work is planned to start on Thursday and will […]

Protests or not, work on US base in Japan resumes

RT | September 12, 2015 The relocation process of a US military base in Japan’s Okinawa has been resumed, even though month-long talks between Tokyo and local authorities angered by the “troublesome neighbour” still haven’t broken the impasse. The “concentrated discussions” on the project that faced fierce opposition of the locals ended in vain on […]

Japan to temporarily halt preparation work on new US base

Press TV – August 4, 2015 Japan is set to suspend preparation work for the construction of a new US military base on the southern island of Okinawa, a government official says, amid widespread local protests against the facility’s relocation. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference that Tokyo had decided to halt […]