U.S. Army facility still occupies land in central Tokyo

U.S. Army facility still occupies land in central Tokyo

People march around Akasaka Press Center, a U.S. Army facility in the Roppongi district of central Tokyo, on the night of April 18, 2017, demanding the return of the around 27,000 hectares occupied by the facility. The Tokyo metropolitan government has been demanding the return of the land, which was seized by the United States after Japan's 1945 surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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