Denny Tamaki during a meeting at the Okinawa Prefectural Government headquarters in Naha on Dec. 15, 2024. (Mainichi/Hiroshi Higa) Even after the transfers are completed, Okinawa's burden will not ...

NAHA—Candidates backed by a Liberal Democratic Party-led force secured a majority in the Okinawa prefectural assembly, dealing a huge blow to Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki and his opposition to ...

NAHA--Okinawa prefectural government officials expressed outrage over being left in the dark about allegations that a U.S. serviceman had sexually assaulted a minor. The suspected attack against ...

The Okinawa Prefectural Assembly also called for changes to the status of forces agreement governing the U.S. military population in Japan. The commander of Kadena’s 18th Wing, Brig. Gen.