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Landfill work begins for U.S. base transfer within Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural headquarters in Naha on Nov. 28, 2025, as work gets under way to dump landfill into Oura Bay off the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, for the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Japan LDP leadership election

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press in Uruma in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 4, 2025, following former internal affairs minister Sanae Takaichi's victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election.

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80th anniversary of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki is pictured after making a speech during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman on the southern Japanese island on June 23, 2025.

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80th anniversary of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) prepares to lay flowers during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II, held at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman on the southern Japanese island on June 23, 2025.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts caught the ball.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts caught the ball.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts caught the ball.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts caught the ball.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture is pictured after throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture is pictured after throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (R) caught the ball.

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Baseball: Giants vs. Dodgers

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on June 14, 2025. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts caught the ball.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press after giving Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press after giving Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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Japan PM Ishiba meets Okinawa governor

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) speaks with Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025, after the governor presented a formal "kariyushi" Okinawan shirt to the premier. During the meeting, Ishiba apologized for controversial remarks made by Shoji Nishida, a hawkish lawmaker from Ishiba's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in which he claimed that exhibits at a war memorial in Okinawa distorted the history of one of the fiercest World War II battles.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) show off a "kariyushi" shirt, the equivalent of a Hawaiian aloha shirt in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa, that he was given by Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) gives Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a "kariyushi" shirt, the equivalent of a Hawaiian aloha shirt in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025.

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Okinawa governor gives "kariyushi" shirt to Japan PM Ishiba

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) gives Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba a "kariyushi" shirt, the equivalent of a Hawaiian aloha shirt in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025.

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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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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki at press conference

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki holds a press conference at the prefectural government office in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 27, 2024.

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Okinawa governor meets defense minister

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) meets Defense Minister Gen Nakatani at the prefectural government office in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 15, 2024.

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Japan sake-brewing added to UNESCO intangible heritage

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press in the prefectural capital Naha on Dec. 5, 2024, a day after traditional knowledge and skills used in the production of Japanese distilled spirits, including awamori produced in the southern Japan prefecture, were approved for addition to the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Intangible Cultural Heritage list during its intergovernmental committee meeting in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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U.N. Special Rapporteur Orellana in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) and U.N. Special Rapporteur on Toxics and Human Rights Marcos Orellana hold a meeting in Naha, Okinawa, on Nov. 18, 2024. Orellana is visiting Japan's southern island prefecture to conduct an on-site inspection into the high levels of potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS that have been found in tap water, rivers and spring water around the U.S. military bases in Okinawa.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to reporters in front of U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 13, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki delivers a lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki delivers a lecture at Columbia University in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki in New York

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to reporters in New York on Sept. 12, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Gov. Denny Tamaki (2nd from R) of Okinawa in southern Japan speaks during a symposium at George Washington University in Washington on Sept. 11, 2024, as part of his trip to the U.S. capital.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan meets the press in front of the U.S. State Department in Washington after holding talks with U.S. officials in charge of Japanese affairs on Sept. 11, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Gov. Denny Tamaki (C) of Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan leaves the U.S. State Department in Washington after holding talks with U.S. officials in charge of Japanese affairs on Sept. 11, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Gov. Denny Tamaki of Okinawa in southern Japan meets the press after holding talks with U.S. congressmen in Washington on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Gov. Denny Tamaki (front) of Okinawa in southern Japan is seen after holding talks with U.S. congressmen in Washington on Sept. 10, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) shakes hands with Kenneth Weinstein, Japan chair at the Hudson Institute, in Washington on Sept. 9, 2024. He delivered a speech at a symposium hosted by the institute the same day.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) holds talks with Kenneth Weinstein, Japan chair at the Hudson Institute, after delivering a speech at a symposium hosted by the think tank in Washington on Sept. 9, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki in Washington

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki delivers a speech at a symposium hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington on Sept. 9, 2024.

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Okinawa Gov. Tamaki leaves for U.S.

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to the press at Naha airport in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Sept. 8, 2024, before his trip to Washington and New York.

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80th anniv. of Tsushima Maru sinking

Silent prayers are offered during a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the sinking of Tsushima Maru after it was torpedoed by a U.S. submarine during World War II, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan. The attack killed nearly 1,500 people, half of whom were schoolchildren. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (front, C) and Hanako Jimi (front, R), minister for Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, attended the ceremony.

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20th anniv. of U.S. chopper crash at Okinawa university

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks to the press in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2024, the 20th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash onto the grounds of Okinawa International University in Ginowan, near U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Staion. No local residents were hurt but three crew members were injured in the accident on Aug. 13, 2004.

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Japan gov't vows best possible info-sharing on U.S. crimes in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha on July 5, 2024, as the central Japanese government vowed information-sharing with local governments "to the extent possible" after angering Okinawa over its failure to report alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. military members based in the southern island prefecture.

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Japan gov't vows best possible info-sharing on U.S. crimes in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha on July 5, 2024, as the central Japanese government vowed information-sharing with local governments "to the extent possible" after angering Okinawa over its failure to report alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. military members based in the southern island prefecture.

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Japan gov't vows best possible info-sharing on U.S. crimes in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha on July 5, 2024, as the central Japanese government vowed information-sharing with local governments "to the extent possible" after angering Okinawa over its failure to report alleged sexual assault cases involving U.S. military members based in the southern island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets reporters after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. The governor protested to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets reporters after holding talks with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024. The governor protested to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) hands a protest statement to Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (R) meets Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa at the ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) hands a protest statement to Japanese senior vice defense minister Makoto Oniki at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Okinawa protests gov't not sharing U.S. troop sex crime cases

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L) visits the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2024, as he protests to the central government for not sharing information about cases of U.S. military personnel accused of committing sexual crimes in the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Alleged attempted rape by U.S. serviceman in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha on June 28, 2024, after it was revealed earlier in the day that a U.S. Marine in his 20s was arrested in May on suspicion of injuring a female while allegedly attempting to rape her in the southern Japanese prefecture.

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Alleged attempted rape by U.S. serviceman in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government headquarters in Naha on June 28, 2024, after it was revealed earlier in the day that a U.S. Marine in his 20s was arrested in May on suspicion of injuring a female while allegedly attempting to rape her in the southern Japanese prefecture.

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79th anniversary of end of WWII ground battle in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front) and Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki visit the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 23, 2024, the 79th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.