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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, 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 peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, 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 peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, 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 peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, 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 peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 17, 2025, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, 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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Aerial footage taken from a drone shows the site of the Osprey's crash-landing

OKINAMWA, Japan, Oct. 31 Kyodo - Aerial footage taken by Kyodo News on Dec. 14, 2016, shows a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft that crash-landed the previous day. The wings have split from the fuselage and can be clearly seen in shallow water about 80 meters off the shoreline of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The Osprey was based at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture. Content of footage: The site of the crash landing of a U.S. military Osprey was videotaped from a drone.(Kyodo)

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Campaigning begins for Japan general election

Social Democratic Party leader Mizuho Fukushima makes a stump speech in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture in southern Japan, on Oct. 15, 2024, as campaigning for the Oct. 27 general election began the same day.

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Futenma air base in Okinawa

An Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is displayed during a public event at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 5, 2024.

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Futenma air base in Okinawa

Col. William Pacatte, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, meets the press at the air base in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 5, 2024.

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Futenma air base in Okinawa

Col. William Pacatte, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, meets the press at the air base in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Oct. 5, 2024.

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

A photo exhibition is held at a gallery in Naha in the southern island prefecture of Okinawa, to mark the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash at Okinawa International University in Ginowan, near the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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

Okinawa International University students and staff hold a rally on its campus in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2024, the 20th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash onto the university's grounds. No local residents were hurt but three crew members were injured in the accident on Aug. 13, 2004.

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

Photo taken at Okinawa International University in Ginowan in the southern Japan prefecture on Aug. 13, 2024, shows a tree that was burned down when a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crashed onto the university's grounds on Aug. 13, 2004. University students and staff held a rally the same day on the campus to mark the 20th anniversary of the accident in which no local residents were hurt but three crew members were injured.

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

Okinawa International University President Hajime Asato speaks during a rally on campus in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Aug. 13, 2024, the 20th anniversary of a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter crash onto the university's grounds. No local residents were hurt but three crew members were injured in the accident on Aug. 13, 2004.

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Japan: Torrential Rain Causes Severe Flooding In Okinawa 4

Torrential rain caused severe flooding in Okinawa on Friday, June 14 prompting warnings for heavy rain, flooding, and landslides.

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Japan: Torrential Rains Cause Severe Flooding In Okinawa As Rainy Season Begins

Torrential rains continued to hit Okinawa on Friday, June 14, as the rainy season began in the region. Heavy downpours caused severe flooding, prompting warnings for heavy rains, flooding, and landslides.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

Photo taken on June 7, 2024, shows U.S. military MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Okinawa peace march

People stage a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki addresses a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

People stage a rally in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, following a peace march calling for reducing the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan, including U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march in front of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march in front of U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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Okinawa peace march

People march near U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ginowan, southern Japan, on May 18, 2024, during a peace march calling for the burden on Okinawa from hosting U.S. forces to be reduced, three days after the 52nd anniversary of its reversion to Japan. Okinawa hosts about 70 percent of U.S. forces in Japan.

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

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).

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[Breaking News]U.S. forces resume Osprey flights in Japan

GINOWAN, Japan, March 14 Kyodo - A U.S. military MV-22 Osprey aircraft flies after taking off from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in the southern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on March 14, 2024. The resumption of flights in Japan for the tilt-rotor aircraft came after Washington lifted a worldwide flight ban on U.S. Ospreys following a crash last November off a southwestern Japan island. (Kyodo)

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

File photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News plane shows a U.S. military MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Japan's southern island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Japan top gov't spokesman in Okinawa

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (L) holds talks with Ginowan Mayor Masanori Matsugawa in the Okinawa Prefectural city on Jan. 28, 2024, on the controversial relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from Ginowan to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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Japan top gov't spokesman in Okinawa

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (front) looks over the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa Prefecture from the city government office's roof top on Jan. 28, 2024, with Mayor Masanori Matsugawa. The Japanese central government plans to transfer the Futenma base to the Henoko district in Nago in the same southern island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki (L, back) meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki meets the press at the prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2023, after the central government gave the green light for a modified landfill plan in order to proceed with the transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in Okinawa to another part of the southern Japan island prefecture.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023, shows U.S. military MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft parked at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Dec. 8, 2023, from a Kyodo News airplane shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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U.S. military's Futenma air base in Okinawa

Photo taken on Dec. 19, 2023, shows U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa.

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Osprey flies over Okinawa

A U.S. military Osprey aircraft flies over an urban area of Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 1, 2023. One of the U.S. military's Ospreys crashed in waters off a small Japanese island two days before, prompting Tokyo to request they be grounded temporarily.

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Osprey flies over Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft prepares to land at the U.S. military's Futenma air base in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 1, 2023. One of the U.S. military's Ospreys crashed in waters off a small Japanese island two days earlier, prompting Tokyo to request they be grounded temporarily.

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Osprey flies over Okinawa

An Osprey aircraft takes off from the U.S. military's Futenma air base in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 1, 2023. One of the U.S. military's Ospreys crashed near a small Japanese island two days before, prompting Tokyo to request they be grounded temporarily.

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Osprey flies over Okinawa

A U.S. military Osprey aircraft flies over an urban area of Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Dec. 1, 2023. One of the U.S. military's Ospreys crashed near a small Japanese island two days before, prompting Tokyo to request they be grounded temporarily.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People stage a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in protest over the prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan on May 14, 2023, a day before the 51st anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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51st anniversary of Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule

People stage a rally in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, in protest over the prefecture's continued hosting of the bulk of U.S. bases in Japan on May 14, 2023, a day before the 51st anniversary of the prefecture's reversion to Japan from U.S. rule.

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U.S. military aircraft Osprey in Okinawa

A U.S. military Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft takes off from U.S. military port facilities in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture on March 20, 2023.

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U.S. military aircraft Osprey in Okinawa

A U.S. military Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft takes off from U.S. military port facilities in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture to U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan in the southern Japan island prefecture on March 20, 2023.

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Okinawa pref. assembly member Sakima to run for Ginowan mayor

GINOWAN, Japan - Atsushi Sakima, an executive member of the Okinawa prefectural chapter of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly, in Ginowan on Dec. 31, 2011, declares his intention to run in the Ginowan mayoral election slated for February 2012. The city in Okinawa Prefecture currently hosts the Futenma Air Station, a key U.S. Marine Corps base which is planned to be relocated from a densely populated area.

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6th anniversary of U.S. copter crash in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Doves are released during a ceremony marking the sixth anniversary of the crash of a military helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station on the campus of Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 13, 2010. Participants at the ceremony called for the suspension of all flights by U.S. military aircraft.