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Okinawa peace march

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki addresses a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, two days after the 53rd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Japan: Emergency Alert Issued For Okinawa After North Korea Launches Military Satellite

The Japanese government issued a 'J-Alert,' an emergency warning, for Okinawa Prefecture, at about 10:46 p.m. on Monday, May 27, due to a possible threat of a North Korean missile. Pyongyang announced plans to launch a rocket carrying a 'satellite' sometime before or on June 3rd

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Japan: Tsunami Warning Issued For Okinawa After Strong Earthquake Hits Taiwan 3

A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, 18km south-southeast of Hualien City, on Wednesday morning, April 3. According to USGS, it was an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) urged residents around Okinawa Island, Miyakojima Island, and Yaeyama Island to evacuate immediately, warning of high waves up to 3 meters (9.8 ft). This video shows a tsunami warning being announced in Japanese and English near the U.S. military base in Chatan, Okinawa.

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U.S. Marines to allow tsunami evacuees to pass through Camp Foster

NAHA, Japan - Col. Katherine Estes (L), commander of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster in Okinawa Prefecture, and Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan town in the Japanese prefecture, pose for photos after concluding an agreement on March 11, 2014 in which local residents can go through the camp premises when evacuating to escape a tsunami.

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U.S. military, Okinawa accord on tsunami

NAHA, Japan - (from L) Atsushi Sakima, mayor of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Maj. Gen. Peter Talleri from the U.S. Marine Corps, and Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan, hold a disaster agreement at Camp Zukeran in the prefecture on Nov. 5, 2012. The U.S. Marine Corps in Japan reached agreement with municipalities in Okinawa to open its bases near the sea to local residents if a tsunami were to hit the southern island prefecture.

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U.S. military, Okinawa accord on tsunami

NAHA, Japan - (from L) Atsushi Sakima, mayor of the city of Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Maj. Gen. Peter Talleri from the U.S. Marine Corps, and Masaharu Noguni, mayor of Chatan, sign a disaster agreement at Camp Zukeran in the prefecture on Nov. 5, 2012. The U.S. Marine Corps in Japan reached agreement with municipalities in Okinawa to open its bases near the sea to local residents if a tsunami were to hit the southern island prefecture.

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U.S. commanding general in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to service members at Camp Foster in Chatan, Okinawa Prefectures, on Oct. 25, 2012, following a rape of a Japanese woman allegedly involving two U.S. Navy members in Okinawa.

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U.S. commanding general in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to service members at Camp Foster in Chatan, Okinawa Prefectures, on Oct. 25, 2012, following a rape of a Japanese woman allegedly involving two U.S. Navy members in Okinawa.

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U.S. commanding general in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Kenneth J. Glueck Jr., commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to service members at Camp Foster in Chatan, Okinawa Prefectures, on Oct. 25, 2012, following a rape of a Japanese woman allegedly involving two U.S. Navy members in Okinawa.

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Murder in Okinawa

CHATAN, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, where the body of a U.S. serviceman was found on Feb. 6, 2011. Japanese police began investigating the incident on suspicion of murder.

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6,000 attend rally in Okinawa against crimes by U.S. soldiers

CHATAN, Japan - Defying rain, an estimated 6,000 people gather in Chatan, Okinawa on March 23 for a rally to protest against crimes by U.S. soldiers. The protesters demanded a revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and a curtailment of U.S. military bases.

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6,000 attend rally in Okinawa against crimes by U.S. soldiers

CHATAN, Japan - Protesters shout anti-U.S. military slogans as they march in Chatan, Okinawa on March 23 to protest against a series of crimes committed by U.S. soldiers. An estimated 6,000 people took part in the rally where they demanded a revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and a curtailment of U.S. military bases.

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U.S. Marine sent to prosecutors over alleged rape in Okinawa

OKINAWA, Japan - A police car carrying Tyrone Hadnott, a 38-year-old staff sergeant at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Courtney, leaves the Okinawa Police Station on Feb. 12. to be sent to prosecutors. According to police, Hadnott raped a 14-year-old girl in a car on a street near a park in the town of Chatan around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 10.

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U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of raping 14-year-old girl

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows a site where Tyrone Hadnott, a staff sergeant at the U.S. Camp Courtney base in Okinawa Prefecture, is suspected of raping a 14-year-old local girl inside a car parked on a street in the town of Chatan Feb. 10. Hadnott was arrested Feb. 11 after he was found inside his car in front of his house.

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(6)Japan's pro baseball teams kick off spring training

CHATAN, Japan - Chunichi Dragons new manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (2nd from R) gives instructions to his men as they play an intrasquad game on the first day of their 2004 preseason training at Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1.

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Ochiai turns up in Chunichi Dragons uniform

CHATAN, Japan - Newly appointed Chunichi Dragons manager Hiromitsu Ochiai (66) turns up wearing the Dragons's uniform at the team's autumn training camp in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 5.

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Family of teenager beaten to death returns home with ashes

CHATAN, Japan - The family of 13-year-old Tsutomu Zakimi, who died last month, returns to Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 7 with his ashes. Police arrested two boys for allegedly killing Zakimi and abandoning his body in a cemetery in the town and a girl on suspicion of helping the two boys.

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(9)Scenes from war on Iraq

CHATAN, Japan - People in Okinawa protest in front of the U.S. Kadena air base in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture on March 21 to protest the U.S.-led war against Iraq.

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(1)Rallies, marches held in Japan to oppose war on Iraq

NAHA, Japan - Civic groups in Okinawa Prefecture hold a rally in front of a U.S. base in the town of Chatan on Jan. 18 to protest a possible U.S. attack on Iraq. Others started a sit-in and hunger strike in front of the U.S. consulate general in Naha, the capital of Okinawa.

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U.S. airman gets 32 months for raping Okinawa woman

NAHA, Japan - Three lawyers for U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland speak to reporters at the Naha District Court on March 28 after the court sentenced Woodland to 32 months in prison for raping a Japanese woman in Chatan on June 29 last year. The case set off widespread anger in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan and where a number of crimes involving U.S. military personnel have occurred.

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Okinawa women

CHATAN, Japan - Japanese women in Okinawa protest July 7 against the June 29 rape of a woman allegedly by a U.S. Air Force sergeant. Their placards read, ''Revise the Status-of-Forces Agreement,'' ''Cut the troop strength,'' and ''Reduce, Liquidate the Bases.''

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Police waiting U.S. handover of airman over rape

NAHA, Japan - A car carrying Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, suspected of raping a woman in her 20s on June 29 in a parking lot in Chatan, central Okinawa, enters Okinawa Police Station on July 4 for questioning. Police obtained an arrest warrant on July 2 after detecting Woodland's fingerprints at the crime scene and establishing his possible involvement in the rape case through witness accounts.

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Okinawans march over alleged rape by U.S. airman

CHATAN, Japan - Okinawans march in front of the U.S. Kadena Air Base July 3 to protest last week's alleged rape of a Japanese woman by a U.S. airman. Police obtained an arrest warrant the previous day for Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland, who is posted at the base in central Okinawa.

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Okinawa police lecture U.S. Marines on Japan's traffic laws

NAHA, Japan - Some 40 newly arrived U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture listen to a lecture by an Okinawa prefectural police official June 13 at U.S. Camp Foster in the town of Chatan. The police discussed Japan's traffic laws as part of efforts to reduce the number of incidents involving U.S. military personnel in the prefecture.

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Okinawan gov'ts call for curfew on U.S. Marines

NAHA, Japan - Members of the U.S. Marine Corps attend a joint meeting with the Japanese central government and Okinawan municipalities in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 20 to discuss ways to prevent further crimes by U.S. servicemen. The Okinawa prefectural government and the town of Chatan called for a curfew on U.S. Marines in the wake of a series of arsons in Chatan allegedly committed by Marine Lance Cpl. Kurt Billie.

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Town assembly demands U.S. Marines leave Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - The Chatan town assembly in Okinawa on Feb. 15 unanimously adopts two resolutions demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. Marines from the prefecture and the resignation of the top U.S. commander in Okinawa. The resolutions were prompted by a series of arson attacks in Chatan, just northeast of the prefectural capital Naha, that were allegedly committed by a U.S. serviceman, and an e-mail by Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston, commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, in which he described local Japanese officials ''nuts'' and ''wimps.''

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Blair visit Okinawa primary school

NAHA, Japan - British Prime Minister Tony Blair smiles at flag-waving children of Chatan Primary School in the city of Okinawa on July 21.

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Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp kicks off for the Chunichi Dragons at a ballpark in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan, amid COVID-19 fears on Feb. 1, 2022.

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Spring training camp begins for Japan pro baseball clubs

Spring training camp kicks off for the Chunichi Dragons at an almost empty ballpark in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan, amid COVID-19 fears on Feb. 1, 2022.

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COVID-19 rampant at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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COVID-19 rampant at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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COVID-19 rampant at U.S. base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2022, shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Foster in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Chatan, southern Japan. A large number of COVID-19 cases were recently reported at the U.S. base.

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6,000 attend rally in Okinawa against crimes by U.S. soldiers

CHATAN, Japan - Defying rain, an estimated 6,000 people gather in Chatan, Okinawa on March 23 for a rally to protest against crimes by U.S. soldiers. The protesters demanded a revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and a curtailment of U.S. military bases. (Kyodo)

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6,000 attend rally in Okinawa against crimes by U.S. soldiers

CHATAN, Japan - Protesters shout anti-U.S. military slogans as they march in Chatan, Okinawa on March 23 to protest against a series of crimes committed by U.S. soldiers. An estimated 6,000 people took part in the rally where they demanded a revision of the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement and a curtailment of U.S. military bases. (Kyodo)

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U.S. airman gets 32 months for raping Okinawa woman

NAHA, Japan - Three lawyers for U.S. Air Force Senior Staff Sgt. Timothy Woodland speak to reporters at the Naha District Court on March 28 after the court sentenced Woodland to 32 months in prison for raping a Japanese woman in Chatan on June 29 last year. The case set off widespread anger in Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan and where a number of crimes involving U.S. military personnel have occurred.

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(9)Scenes from war on Iraq

CHATAN, Japan - People in Okinawa protest in front of the U.S. Kadena air base in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture on March 21 to protest the U.S.-led war against Iraq. (Kyodo)

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Family of teenager beaten to death returns home with ashes

CHATAN, Japan - The family of 13-year-old Tsutomu Zakimi, who died last month, returns to Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 7 with his ashes. Police arrested two boys for allegedly killing Zakimi and abandoning his body in a cemetery in the town and a girl on suspicion of helping the two boys. (Kyodo)

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Renews Vows at National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead

The National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead was held at the Budokan in Kudan, Tokyo, and Mr. Teruya from Chatan Village, Okinawa, read his memorial address. The National War Memorial Ceremony was held at the Nippon Budokan with the Emperor of Japan in attendance.

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Japan beauty hoping U.S. grandfather tunes in to Miss World

CHATAN, Japan - From left to right, Elza Sasaki, Miss World Japan 2009, her grandmother Chiyoko Inafuku, and her mother Tammy Sasaki pose for a Kyodo photographer at the beach in the town of Chatan near Inafuku's home in Uruma in Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 12. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marine sent to prosecutors over alleged rape in Okinawa

OKINAWA, Japan - A police car carrying Tyrone Hadnott, a 38-year-old staff sergeant at the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Courtney, leaves the Okinawa Police Station on Feb. 12. to be sent to prosecutors. According to police, Hadnott raped a 14-year-old girl in a car on a street near a park in the town of Chatan around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 10. (Kyodo)

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U.S. Marine arrested on suspicion of raping 14-year-old girl

NAHA, Japan - Photo shows a site where Tyrone Hadnott, a staff sergeant at the U.S. Camp Courtney base in Okinawa Prefecture, is suspected of raping a 14-year-old local girl inside a car parked on a street in the town of Chatan Feb. 10. Hadnott was arrested Feb. 11 after he was found inside his car in front of his house. (Kyodo)

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Murder in Okinawa

CHATAN, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, where the body of a U.S. serviceman was found on Feb. 6, 2011. Japanese police began investigating the incident on suspicion of murder. (Kyodo)

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

Photo shows a partial solar eclipse in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 21, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

A woman observes a partial solar eclipse in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 21, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

A woman observes a partial solar eclipse in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 21, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

Composite photo shows a partial solar eclipse seen from Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

Photo shows a partial solar eclipse seen from Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Partial solar eclipse observed in Japan

Photo shows a partial solar eclipse seen from Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Dec. 26, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa referendum on U.S. base relocation

People march in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 23, 2019, calling on people to cast ballots in a Feb. 24 prefectural referendum on the planned relocation of a key U.S. air base within the southern Japan island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Daisuke Matsuzaka's injury

Chunichi Dragons pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka signs autographs for fans at the Japanese club's spring training facility in Chatan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 9, 2019. The former major leaguer took leave from Feb. 17 to treat a right shoulder injury sustained when an overzealous fan pulled his arm. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo