They were moved out of concern that Japan would discover they were being used for training. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Maybe, you would cite the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement and the Japan U.S. Security Treaty as a legal basis. But they are mere agreements reached between the two governments in disregard to ...

During the Vietnam War, 25,000 barrels of Agent Orange were stored on Okinawa, according to a recently uncovered U.S. army report. 1 The barrels, containing over 1.4 million gallons (5.2 million ...

NAHA, Okinawa — The Okinawa anti-base movement may have learned a lesson from the present furor over whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. An e-mail petition signed by 623 people, most of them ...

Set in Okinawa 1971, one year before the return of power to the mainland, this film highlights the bloody battle of Okinawa Yakuza gangsters versus mainland system.

White Beach, Okinawa, March 19, 1971: A sailor paints an anchor on the USS Oklahoma City during the 7th Fleet command ship’s three-day visit to Okinawa.