Japan’s Supreme Court recently denied Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki’s final legal challenge to stop construction at a future Marine Corps airfield in the island’s north. The Tokyo court on ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A construction vessel leaked oil at the site of a future Marine Corps airfield in northern Okinawa this week but caused no environmental damage, according to Japan’s ...

Okinawa, although it constitutes only 0.6 percent of Japan's territory, hosts over half of the 50,000 American soldiers stationed in the country. The relocation of the Marines is intended to ...