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This show a construction work off Henoko in Nago, Okinawa prefecture, southern Japan Monday, Sept. 4, 2023, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of the prefecture to another. Japan’s Supreme Court on Monday dismissed Okinawa's rejection of a central government plan to build U.S. Marine Corps runways on the island and ordered the prefecture to approve it despite protests by locals who oppose the American troops' presence. (Kyodo News via AP)

Frustrated Tokyo overrides local officials on U.S. Okinawa base relocation

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

Protesters rally near a gate of Camp Schwab, a U.S. Marine Corps camp, in the Henoko neighborhood of Nago, northeast of Okinawa, Japan, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Signs read, "No new Henoko base." A Japanese court on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, ordered the governor of Okinawa to approve the central government's modified plan for landfill work at the planned relocation site of a key U.S. military base on the southern island despite persistent opposition and protests by residents. (Kyodo News via AP)

A Japan court orders Okinawa to approve a modified plan to build runways for U.S. Marine Corps

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, who is backed by opposition parties, speaks to media after the gubernatorial election, in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. Tamaki, the incumbent governor who opposes an ongoing U.S. Marine base relocation forced by Japan's central government and calls for a further reduction of American troops on the southern island, secured his reelection on Sunday despite concerns of escalating tensions between China and nearby Taiwan. (Kyodo News via AP) ** FILE **

Okinawa governor in D.C. to push for smaller U.S. military presence on island

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, foreground, inspects the U.S. Marine Air Station Futenma from the city hall in Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan Sunday, May 15, 2022. Okinawa on Sunday is marking the 50th anniversary of its return to Japan after 27 years of American rule on May 15, 1972, amid protests against a continued heavy U.S. military presence and lack of support from the mainland. (Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa marks 50 years of end to US rule amid protests

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Japan's southern island of Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks online Friday, May 6, 2022, from the prefectural capital of Naha ahead Okinawa's 50th anniversary of its reversion to Japan on May 15. Japan should do more for peaceful diplomacy with China and not just focus on arms deterrence as tensions rise around Taiwan to the west of Okinawa, said the southern island prefecture's governor Friday, demanding further reduction of its security burden and its risk hosting U.S. military there. (Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan via AP)

Japan’s Okinawa urges government to reduce China tensions

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - This Aug. 2018, file aerial photo shows preliminary construction work off Henoko, in Nago city, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, where the Japanese government plans to relocate a U.S. air base from one area of Okinawa's main island to another. A construction needed to improve the fragile structure underneath of a planned relocation site for a U.S. Marine Corps. base on Okinawa is to require twice as much time and cost than the previous estimate, adding more than a decade to the plan that has already been delayed for more than 20 years. The Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2019, said its latest estimate now shows that a relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Okinawa gov. renews demand to stop US base relocation plan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki talks to reporters following meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to report result of a local referendum at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 1, 2019. The residents of Japan's southwestern island region of Okinawa rejected a relocation plan for a U.S. military base in the Feb. 24 referendum, increasing pressure on the national government to change its stance that the facility will be built no matter what. (Kimimasa Mayama/Pool Photo via AP)

Governor wants US, Japan, Okinawa talks on US base move

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Gov. Tamaki talked to the media ahead of his U.S. trip to raise awareness among Americans about the tiny southern island's burden of hosting most of American troops (Sadayuki Goto/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa governor wants US to know burden of hosting bases

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, speaks during a interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Tamaki, the newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, is headed to the U.S. with a message to the American people: Stop building the military base and build peace instead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japan resumes work at disputed site for US base relocation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

Governor of Okinawa, Denny Tamaki, speaks during a interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Tamaki, the newly elected governor of the southern Japanese island of Okinawa, is headed to the U.S. with a message to the American people: Stop building the military base and build peace instead. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Okinawa leader wants Americans to stop U.S. base

By Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands during a meeting at Abe's office in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 12, 2018. Tamaki won the election for governor at the end of last month, becoming the first Amerasian to lead the southwestern Japanese islands. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

New Okinawa chief wants US to rethink Marine base relocation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2018, photo, Denny Tamaki celebrates his victory with supporters in the election for Okinawa governor in Naha city. Tamaki is the first Amerasian elected leader of Okinawa, and he is promising to reduce the U.S. military presence on the southwestern Japanese islands. With a Marine as his father, Tamaki represents to many the complex problems of Okinawa. He is also emerging as a new kind of leader, standing for diversity in a nation long known for uniformity and conformity. But what he can do on the bases remains a huge challenge, as many expect Japan’s national government to bulldoze its plan.(Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

New Okinawa chief embodies complexity of Japan’s US bases

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 28, 2018, photo, Denny Tamaki, a legislator, center shakes hands with supporters during his election campaign for Okinawa governor in Naha city. Okinawans are choosing a governor in an election Sunday, Sept. 30, that many see hinging on how voters feel about the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese island.(Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

Denny Tamaki, U.S. military base critic, wins Okinawa election for governor

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2018, photo, Denny Tamaki, a legislator, delivers a speech during his election campaign for Okinawa governor in Uruma city, Okinawa. Okinawans are choosing a governor in an election Sunday, Sept. 30, that many see hinging on how voters feel about the American military presence on the southwestern Japanese island.(Kyodo News via AP)

Denny Tamaki, critic of US bases on Okinawa, wins election

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press