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Military facilities of the United States in Japan, 2016 U.S. military bases in Japan U.S. military facilities in Okinawa Prefecture, 2010. The USFJ headquarters is at Yokota Air Base, about 30 km west of central Tokyo. The U.S. military installations in Japan and their managing branches are as follows:
A crowd of Okinawans protesting the Futenma base in Ginowan, Okinawa. The main island of Okinawa accounts for 0.6% of Japan's land mass, [1] though about 75% of United States forces in Japan are stationed in the Okinawa prefecture, encompassing about 18% of the main island of Okinawa. [2]
Naval Forces Japan (United States) was founded in 1962 and has control over all United States Navy shore installations in Japan. [13] [14] [15] Japanese governments has allowed US bases on Okinawa in exchange for a US commitment to defend Japan from external attacks, called The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance. [16]
Okinawa, which accounts for only 0.6% of Japanese land, is burdened with the majority of the 50,000 American troops based in the country under a bilateral security pact, and 70% of U.S. military ...
Some 50,000 U.S. troops are deployed in Japan under a bilateral security pact, about half of them on Okinawa, where residents have long complained about heavy U.S. troop presence and related ...
The main island of Okinawa comprises only 0.6% of Japan's land mass but hosts approximately 75% of US forces stationed in Japan, occupying about 18% of the island. [4] Protests against the US military presence in Okinawa have been ongoing since the Anpo protest movement in 1960, reflecting deep local opposition. [5]
Kadena Air Base (嘉手納飛行場, Kadena Hikōjō) (IATA: DNA, ICAO: RODN) is a United States Air Force base in the towns of Kadena and Chatan and the city of Okinawa, in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is often referred to as the "Keystone of the Pacific" because of its highly strategic location. [2]
The US alleged that the aviation elements should be in close proximity to the ground and logistics elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, and the Japanese government of the time maintained the plan to keep the replacement airbase within Okinawa. The US and Japan delinked the relocation of Futenma from plans to decrease the number of ...