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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) visits the Japan Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base in Okinawa Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (front) boards a Japan Air Self-Defense Force jet during a visit to its base in Naha in the southern Japan island prefecture of Okinawa on Jan. 8, 2026.

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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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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans, commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, speaks during a meeting with Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda in Naha on June 27, 2024, about a U.S. Air Force member who was indicted in March for allegedly sexually assaulting and kidnapping a local girl under the age of 16 in December 2023.

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U.S. serviceman indicted over sexual assault of minor

Okinawa Vice Gov. Takekuni Ikeda (R) reads a protest statement in Naha, in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on June 27, 2024, during a meeting with Brig. Gen. Nicholas Evans (C), commander of the U.S. Air Force's 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, against the alleged sexual assault and kidnapping of a local girl under the age of 16 by a U.S. Air Force member in December 2023. The U.S. serviceman was indicted in March.

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Japan defense minister visits ASDF base

Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara (2nd from L) visits the Japan Air Self-Defense Force's base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan, on Feb. 17, 2024.

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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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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Okinawa

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies during an aviation show at the ASDF base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2023.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Okinawa

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies during an aviation show at the ASDF base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2023.

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Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies over Okinawa

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force's Blue Impulse aerobatic team flies during an aviation show at the ASDF base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Dec. 10, 2023.

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Protests over U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local citizens protesting the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, face off against police officers at the prefectural offices in Naha on Dec. 9, 2014.

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Protests over U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local citizens gather to protest the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Okinawa, Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 9, 2014, at the prefectural offices in Naha.

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Dispute over U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Officials of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau carry cardboard boxes containing additional documents to complete requirements for a key environmental impact assessment report submitted earlier on the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture, at the prefectural government office in Naha on Jan. 6, 2012.

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ASDF troops leave on quake relief mission

NAHA, Japan - Some 40 members of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force prepare to board a C-130 transport plane in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 7 to head for the Utapao air base in Thailand. They will transport relief goods to locations in Indonesia, using Utapao as their base.

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Okinawa gov. to visit U.S. to air opposition to military base transfer

NAHA, Japan, May 11 Kyodo - Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga (R) meets the press at the Okinawa prefectural government offices on May 11, 2015. Onaga will visit Washington and Hawaii from late May to convey local opposition to the relocation of a U.S. military base in the southern island prefecture, prefectural government officials said the same day.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Okinawa people reiterate opposition to base transfer

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa people rally to show their opposition to the planned transfer of the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station to an offshore area in the Henoko district, both in Japan's southernmost island prefecture, on Dec. 4, 2014, in front of the prefectural office building in Naha. Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga won the gubernatorial race in November, delivering a de facto "No" vote on the controversial relocation plan.

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Base relocation opponent Onaga set to become Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Former Naha Mayor Takeshi Onaga (C) performs an Okinawa folk dance at his election campaign office in Naha on Nov. 16, 2014, after projections show he is on course to win the Okinawa gubernatorial election. Onaga is an opponent of the controversial plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within the island prefecture.

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Suga meets with Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga gets on a helicopter at the Air Self-Defense Force base in Japan's southwestern city of Naha, Okinawa, on Sept. 17, 2014. Suga saw the relocation site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station off Nago by the helicopter before meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima.

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Okinawa university marks 10th anniv. of chopper crash

NAHA, Japan - Students and staff at Okinawa International University in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, gather on Aug. 13, 2014, in front of the stump of a tree burned down when a helicopter from the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station crashed onto its campus 10 years ago. They demanded that the U.S. base, located in the city center, be shut down without further delay.

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Boat carries people against U.S. Marine base relocation

NAHA, Japan - A boat (2nd from L) carrying people opposing the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from Ginowan to Nago's Henoko district, both in Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, sails close to a Japan Coast Guard vessel on Aug. 11, 2014, amid the start of work to rebuild a makeshift floating pier in the district.

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Naha mayor to seek governorship

NAHA, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), mayor of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, asks Takeshi Onaga, mayor of Okinawa's capital Naha, to run in the November gubernatorial election on Aug. 4, 2014, in Naha. Onaga, who opposes the relocation of a U.S. Marine Corps air base within Okinawa, expressed his readiness to run.

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Meeting of Okinawa group against base relocation

NAHA, Japan - People on July 27, 2014, attend the inaugural meeting of an organization, led by local business leaders and intellectuals, to oppose the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture, in Ginowan in the prefecture.

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Meeting of Okinawa group against base relocation

NAHA, Japan - People on July 27, 2014, attend the inaugural rally of an organization, led by local business leaders and intellectuals, to oppose the relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture, in Ginowan in the prefecture.

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Defense chief addresses ceremony for new air unit

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (L) addresses a ceremony commemorating the formation of an E2C Hawkeye-based early warning unit at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Naha Air Base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 20, 2014.

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Early warning patrol plane in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera addresses members of the Air Self-Defense Force on April 20, 2014, at a ceremony to mark the launch of a unit operating E-2C early warning patrol planes at an ASDF base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Early warning patrol plane in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (2nd from R) attends a ceremony April 20, 2014, to mark the launch of a unit operating E-2C early warning patrol planes at an Air Self-Defense Force base in Naha in Okinawa Prefecture, southern Japan.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Some 300 local people rally on a beach in Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on April 19, 2014, to protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people on a beach and aboard boats off Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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Okinawa locals protest U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - Local people aboard boats off the Nago city's Henoko district in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa protest the planned relocation of U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station to Henoko on April 19, 2014.

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U.S. base relocation opponents to set up new council

NAHA, Japan - Opponents against the planned relocation of U.S. Marines Corps Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture in Japan meet on March 22, 2014, in the city of Naha. Spanning the political spectrum and social sectors they agreed to set up a new council and aim to hold a launching event with about 1,000 participants in mid-June.

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Japan sending planes to search for Malaysian jet

NAHA, Japan - A C-130 transport aircraft of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force is pictured at the ASDF base in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 12, 2014, before being dispatched to join international efforts to search for a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger plane. Japan decided the same day to dispatch a total of four planes of its Self-Defense Forces for the search.

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Protest against landfill work for U.S. base relocation

NAHA, Japan - People participate in a rally in front of the Okinawa prefectural hall in Naha on Feb. 14, 2014, to protest against coastal landfill work necessary to relocate the U.S. Marines' Futenma air base within the prefecture.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 21, 2014, shows an official of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau posting an announcement inviting tenders for work related to the construction of a replacement facility for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in the prefecture.

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People rally in Naha against Gov. Nakaima's approval of landfill work

NAHA, Japan - People hold a banner at a rally in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2013, in protest against Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima's approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within the prefecture. Some 700 people rallied there one day after Nakaima announced his approval of the central government plan.

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People rally in Naha against Gov. Nakaima's approval of landfill work

NAHA, Japan - People protest against Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima's approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within the prefecture at a square in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on Dec. 28, 2013. Some 700 people rallied there one day after Nakaima announced his approval of the central government plan.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters rally in the lobby of the Okinawa prefectural hall on Dec. 27, 2013. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima approved the same day landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, walking back his pledge to move the base out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2013, in which he announced his approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, walking back his pledge to move the base out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters stage a sit-in in the lobby of the Okinawa prefectural hall on Dec. 27, 2013. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima approved the same day landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, walking back his pledge to move the base out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks at a press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2013, in which he announced his approval of landfill work for the relocation of the U.S. military's Futenma air base within his prefecture, walking back his pledge to move the base out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters rally outside the Okinawa prefectural hall on Dec. 27, 2013. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the same day approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters rally outside the Okinawa prefectural hall on Dec. 27, 2013. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the same day approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Protesters rally outside the Okinawa prefectural hall on Dec. 27, 2013. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the same day approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area off the shore of the Henoko district of Nago, northern Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the offshore area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area off the shore of the Henoko district of Nago, northern Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station to the offshore area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the base to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.

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U.S. base relocation in Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2013, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture. Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima on the Dec. 27 approved landfill work to relocate the base to an area within his prefecture, going back on his previous policy of seeking to have the base moved out of Okinawa.