Tokyo Review
All posts tagged "Futenma"
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2021 US-Japan Relations
Increasing Support for U.S.-Japan Alliance in Okinawa is Not a Pipedream
The ongoing political impasse between Japan’s central government in Tokyo and the Okinawa prefectural government over U.S. military basing threatens the long-term...
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4.3KPoliticsOkinawa’s Referendum: A Primer
On February 24, the prefecture of Okinawa will hold a referendum on the construction of a major extension to the U.S. Marine...
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5.8KSecurityAviation Incidents: A Primer
On January 9, Japan’s Minister of Defense Itsunori Onodera called his U.S. counterpart, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and talked about two...
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6.8KPoliticsLDP 2018 Preview: Elections
The dust has finally settled from the October 2017 Lower House election as the new year begins. There were some notable changes in...