Okinawans opposed to the U.S. military picket Oct. 8 outside a hotel where the prefecture's governor and ministers from Tokyo met to discuss the relocation of Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.

GINOWAN, JAPAN -- The people of Okinawa and the U.S. Marine Corps agree on at least one thing: The Futenma Marine air station is a noisy dinosaur that needs to move elsewhere -- and soon. Smack in ...

In a meeting Sept. 18 with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell, he argued that “all Okinawan election district candidates want Futenma Air Station to transfer outside of Okinawa ...

If you’re into planes, the hilltop park overlooking the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is not a bad place to be. You can watch cargo planes make wide circles over the green hills of ...

The Japanese and U.S. governments initially agreed in 1996 to close the Futenma air station, a year after the rape of a schoolgirl by three U.S. military personnel led to a massive anti-base movement.

US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircrafts are seen at the US Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa, March 24, 2018. [Reuters] ...

TOKYO - Japan's Prime Minister Elect Naoto Kan held talks early Sunday with US President Barack Obama on the Futenma base issue, local media reported. Related readings: Japan, US agree to relocate ...

Hatoyama and Obama's talks will revolve around relocating the air station, which is in Okinawa Prefecture, to a coastal zone of the Marines' Camp Schwab, also in the prefecture, the news agency said.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircrafts are seen at the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Ginowan on Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa March 24, 2018.