Futenma
Tens of thousands protest against the US military presence on Okinawa after woman's murder
The US and Japan agreed to close the same base in 1996 after three American military personnel raped a 12-year-old school girl. Plans to relocate, however, never came to fruition.
Life on the Island at the Center of Tensions Between the US and China
The efforts to expand a US Marine Corps base on the island of Okinawa has drawn ongoing protests from wary locals, while a potential conflict with China looms in the future.
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