GINOWAN, Okinawa ... of wars and bases,” she said after the ceremony. Ririka Nakazato, 17, a second-year student at the prefectural Ginowan High School, lives near the U.S. Marine Corps Air ...

The United States has begun relocating Marine Corps units from Okinawa ... the U.S. announced a plan to relocate 9,000 Marines from Okinawa, where military bases are seen as burdensome.

The contentious project, fiercely opposed by the bulk of residents of Okinawa, is intended to replace the functions of the U.S. Marine Corps ... project to build a new base at Henoko,” Tamaki ...