Landfill work continues for the Futenma replacement facility off the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, in December 2023. Oura Bay, with its soft seabed, lies to the right of the picture ...

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Ryukyus and its affiliated hospital have moved to the new medical center.

The new base will replace the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in Okinawa Prefecture. It is being built on reclaimed land off Nago’s Henoko district, and the project has ...

NAHA, Okinawa — A Japanese appeals court has increased compensation for Okinawans affected by aircraft noise from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, adding $5.8 million to a lower court’s 2022 ...

(AP Photo/Hiro Komae) U.S. MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft are parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, on the main island of the Okinawa archipelago, southern Japan, Tuesday, ...

Anti-base sentiment in Okinawa has been displayed in particular over a plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. While the central government wants to move the base to a less ...

This is one of the visible results of reducing Okinawa's base-hosting burden,’ says Japan’s chief cabinet secretary - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Okinawans have long resented its predecessor –U.S. Marine Corps Air Base Futenma – which sits in the middle of a bustling city. After U.S. military men raped a 12-year-old girl on Okinawa in the ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Japanese police are investigating ... Kadena Air Base and Marine Corps Air Station Futenma were among the installations named in the threats, according to the prefectural ...

Tokyo wants to move the US Futenma Air Station out of densely populated Ginowan City. Tokyo sought the Okinawa prefectural government's permission to revise the reclamation plan, but it refused.

Ginowan, Okinawa Pref., March 17 (Jiji Press)--A new medical center equipped with advanced instruments has opened at the site ...