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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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Boat w/Okinawa Defense Bureau flag in Nago

NAGO, Japan - A boat carrying a flag of the Okinawa Defense Bureau is spotted on Aug. 22, 2014, near a ship for survey drilling off the coast of Nago in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, for the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station. The U.S. Marines' Camp Schwab is seen in the back.

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Okinawa Defense Bureau head at press conference

NAHA, Japan - Kazunori Inoue, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, speaks at a press conference in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2014.

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Defense official explains Osprey transfer plan to fishermen

SAGA, Japan - Akihiro Tsuchimichi (R), head of the Kyushu Defense Bureau, explains a plan to transfer MV-22 Osprey military transport aircraft from Okinawa to Saga airport in the southwestern prefecture of Saga to a senior official of a local fisheries cooperative in Saga city on Aug. 19, 2014.

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Work to rebuild floating pier in Okinawa's Henoko

NAHA, Japan - The Okinawa Defense Bureau's work to reestablish a makeshift floating pier to moor mainly inflatable rafts of the Japan Coast Guard is conducted in an coastal area of the Henoko district of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture on Aug. 11, 2014, as a step toward relocating the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station from a crowded residential area in Ginowan to the less populated district in Japan's southernmost prefecture.

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Equipment brought in for seafloor probe

NAHA, Japan - Equipment for a seafloor survey is seen at Camp Schwab, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2014. The Okinawa Defense Bureau brought in the equipment as part of preparations to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Equipment brought in for seafloor probe

NAHA, Japan - Equipment for a seafloor survey hangs from a crane at Camp Schwab, Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on July 20, 2014. The Okinawa Defense Bureau brought in the equipment as part of preparations to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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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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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), chief of the Defense's Ministry's Okinawa bureau, speaks as a witness during a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2012. Manabe testified at parliament as he has been under fire for an accusation that he meddled in a local election linked to the planned relocation of a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture. Behind Manabe is Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

TOKYO, Japan - Ro Manabe (front), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, answers reporters' questions at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012. Manabe gave a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Minister Tanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka (C) answers reporters' questions in the Diet building in Tokyo on Feb. 2, 2012, over Ro Manabe, the ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, giving a lecture related to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief Manabe

KADENA, Japan - Ro Manabe (back), the Defense Ministry's Okinawa bureau chief, speaks with a member of the Okinawa prefectural assembly in the town of Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 1, 2012, over his lecture linked to the upcoming Ginowan mayoral election. Ginowan hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Defense Ministry under fire over Okinawa election

KADENA, Japan - Okinawa Defense Bureau chief Ro Manabe is surrounded by reporters in front of the bureau in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture, on the night of Jan. 31, 2012, after allegations surfaced that the regional bureau of the Defense Ministry tried to meddle in the upcoming mayoral election in the city of Ginowan, which hosts the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station, in the prefecture.

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Defense Minister Ichikawa

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa leaves the site of his press conference in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, in southern Japan on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. He held the conference after meeting with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima at the prefectural government office in Naha to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Protests in Naha

NAHA, Japan - People demonstrate in front of the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011, to protest against an indiscreet comment made by a senior Defense Ministry official. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Okinawa Gov. Nakaima

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima speaks with reporters after meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) bows deeply to Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R front) in a gesture of apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Defense minister apologizes to Okinawa gov.

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima (R) stands up to terminate a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasuo Ichikawa (L) at the prefectural government office in Naha on the night of Dec. 2, 2011. Ichikawa visited the governor to offer an apology over an indiscreet comment made by one of his ministry's officials. In reference to the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. military base in Okinawa, Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau, allegedly used a Japanese term implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae speaks to reporters in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011, after holding talks with Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Top defense bureaucrat Nakae, Okinawa Gov. Nakaima talk

NAHA, Japan - Vice Defense Minister Kimito Nakae (L) and Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima hold talks in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 30, 2011. Nakae, the top bureaucrat at the Defense Ministry, apologized to the governor over an indiscreet comment made by then chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau Satoshi Tanaka.

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Noda apologizes to Okinawa for defense official's indiscreet remark

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda offers an apology while being questioned by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 30, 2011, about a senior Defense Ministry official's indiscreet comment. He apologized to people in Okinawa for Satoshi Tanaka's comment made in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base, for which he was sacked from the post of chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau the previous day.

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Okinawa defense official removed from post

TOKYO, Japan - Satoshi Tanaka (C), chief of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau, is surrounded by reporters as he arrived at the ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2011. The government decided to remove him from the post after he came under fire for making an indiscreet comment in connection with the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. base in Okinawa Prefecture.

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Okinawa defense official Tanaka

NAHA, Japan - Undated file photo shows Satoshi Tanaka, chief of the Okinawa Defense Bureau. While drinking with members of the media on Nov. 28, 2011, Tanaka, 50, allegedly made an indiscreet remark concerning the government's plan to relocate a key U.S. Marine Corps base in Okinawa Prefecture. He allegedly used a term that is often interpreted as implying an act of sexual violence against women.

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Defense Ministry report backs gov't plan for U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Naha on April 1 after the Defense Ministry's regional bureau submitted a preliminary environmental assessment report to the prefectural government. The report endorses the central government's plan to build a U.S. military airfield in the coastal area of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture.

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Okinawa governor briefed on Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Naha Defense Facilities Administration Bureau chief Masanori Nishi in Okinawa on Oct. 27. Nishi briefed the governor on the central government's plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture within Okinawa.

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(2)Environment impact study begins on Futemma relocation site

NAHA, Japan - Civic group members protest to an official (R) of the Naha Defense Facilities Administration Bureau in Naha on April 28 as the bureau put on public view documents on an environment impact assessment of the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station from Ginowan to Nago in Okinawa Prefecture.

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(1)Environment impact study begins on Futemma relocation site

NAGO, Japan - Civic group members look at documents at Nago city office in Okinawa Prefecture on April 28 on an environment impact assessment of the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station from Ginowan to Nago. The Naha Defense Facilities Administration Bureau put the documents on public view the same day in launching the assessment.

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Okinawa governor briefed on Futemma relocation plan

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Gov. Keiichi Inamine (R) meets with Naha Defense Facilities Administration Bureau chief Masanori Nishi in Okinawa on Oct. 27. Nishi briefed the governor on the central government's plan to relocate the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Okinawa Prefecture within Okinawa. (Kyodo)

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Defense Ministry report backs gov't plan for U.S. base

NAHA, Japan - Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima speaks to reporters at the prefectural government building in Naha on April 1 after the Defense Ministry's regional bureau submitted a preliminary environmental assessment report to the prefectural government. The report endorses the central government's plan to build a U.S. military airfield in the coastal area of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Gov't to start building U.S. military replacement facility

People protest on Oct. 28, 2015, in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago in Japan's southernmost island prefecture of Okinawa against the central government's move to start building a U.S. military replacement facility. The Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau notified the local government the same day of the commencement of construction. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't to start building U.S. military replacement facility

An official of the Defense Ministry's Okinawa Defense Bureau (R) submits a document to an Okinawa prefectural official on Oct. 28, 2015, at the prefectural office in Naha, notifying the local authority of the commencement of construction of a U.S. military replacement facility in the coastal city of Nago. The bureau will start work as early as Oct. 29, despite local opposition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga meets press

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga responds to reporters' questions at the Okinawa prefectural government office in Naha on Sept. 30, 2015, regarding the timing of procedures by his government to revoke its approval for landfill work for the planned U.S. base relocation within the southern Japanese island prefecture. Onaga said the approval by his predecessor will be revoked no earlier than Oct. 7, the date set for a hearing with the Defense Bureau, despite the bureau's refusal to attend it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa Gov. Onaga attends press conference

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga attends a press conference in Naha, the capital of the southernmost island prefecture, on Sept. 28, 2015. He said the prefectural government will hear what the local defense bureau has to say on Oct. 7 before revoking a permit his predecessor had given to the central government for landfill work to build a replacement facility for a U.S. base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 30, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, with the presence of a boat (front) of the Maritime Safety Agency to provide for contingencies involving people opposed to the relocation. Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended the same day an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 30, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, with the presence of boats (front) of the Maritime Safety Agency to provide for contingencies involving people opposed to the relocation. Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended the same day an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa people rally against U.S. base relocation

People tussle with police officers on March 30, 2015, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, while protesting against the Japanese government's decision to suspend an instruction by the Okinawa governor for a local defense bureau to halt work on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

Fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (C) announces at the parliament building in Tokyo on March 30, 2015, that he has suspended an instruction by the Okinawa governor for a local defense bureau to halt work on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minister suspends Okinawa's order to halt U.S. base work

A seabed-boring survey is conducted by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago on March 29, 2015, for relocating a U.S. military base within Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The fisheries minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suspended on March 30 an instruction by the Okinawa governor for the bureau to halt the work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa people rally against U.S. base relocation

Police officers stand guard as people stage a rally on March 30, 2015, in front of the gate of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, against the Japanese government's decision to suspend an instruction by the Okinawa governor for a local defense bureau to halt work on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cabinet minister to quash Okinawa gov. order to halt U.S. base work

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga criticizes the central government on March 28, 2015, at a meeting in the prefectural capital of Naha, after it was reported that the fisheries minister has decided to nullify Onaga's order to a local defense bureau to suspend work on relocating a U.S. military base in the southern island prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa defends order to suspend work in row over base transfer

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga attends a press conference on March 27, 2015, in the prefectural capital Naha, after submitting to the fisheries ministry a document to justify his order for a local defense bureau to suspend its work for the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within Okinawa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa orders suspension of work related to base relocation

Photo taken March 12, 2015, shows a seabed-boring survey resumed by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. The Okinawa prefectural government ordered the local office of the Defense Ministry on March 23 to suspend the underwater work at the planned relocation site for a key U.S. military base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seabed-boring survey off Henoko resumed

A Japan Coast Guard vessel (L) confronts a boat carrying opponents of the resumption of a seabed-boring survey by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015. Tokyo plans to reclaim land there to build a base as a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the move is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow construction of the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seabed-boring survey off Henoko resumed

People stage a rally in front of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Schwab in Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015, as the Okinawa Defense Bureau resumed a seabed-boring survey off the Henoko district. Tokyo plans to reclaim land there to build a base as a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the move is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow construction of the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea-bed boring survey off Henoko resumed

The Okinawa Defense Bureau resumed a seabed-boring survey off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015. The move is to prepare for reclaiming land where Tokyo plans to build a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the resumption is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow the construction of a base there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seabed-boring survey off Henoko resumed

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a seabed-boring survey resumed by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015. Tokyo plans to reclaim land there to build a base as a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the move is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow construction of the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Seabed-boring survey off Henoko resumed

Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows a seabed-boring survey resumed by the Okinawa Defense Bureau off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015. Tokyo plans to reclaim land there to build a base as a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the move is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow construction of the base. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea-bed boring survey off Henoko resumed

The Okinawa Defense Bureau resumed a seabed-boring survey off the Henoko district of Nago in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa on March 12, 2015. The move is to prepare for reclaiming land where Tokyo plans to build a replacement facility for a key U.S. military base elsewhere in Okinawa. Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga said the resumption is "quite regrettable" and that he will do his utmost not to allow the construction of a base there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo