About two-thirds of an $8.9 billion budget has been spent on a facility to accommodate U.S. Marines relocating from bases on ...

Japan’s defense minister promised to reduce the U.S. military’s footprint there and expand joint exercises near Japan’s ...

The air base, located in a densely populated area in Okinawa’s Ginowan, is to be moved to the Henoko coastal area in Nago.

Outside of the mainland, the US military has fighter jets permanently deployed in Japan, South Korea, and Hawaii, although more places host air bases.

Accusations that Japan is free-riding on U.S. security guarantees overlook the immense strategic and geographical value of U.S. military bases in Japan, including Okinawa and Yokosuka. A U.S. Air ...