this declaration by UK GreenParty leader #ZackPolanski is explosive
Imagine if a major Italian party said: #Italy must close #USbases.
"Italy is home to the most comprehensive set of military capabilities [...] that we [US] have anywhere outside US", #WikiLeaks cables reveal
The incumbent mayor and two challengers filed their candidacies for the Jan. 25 mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, which will focus on the planned relocation of a U.S. military base to the city’s Henoko area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/19/japan/politics/okinawa-nago-mayor-election-kickoff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #nago #henoko #futenma #usbases #usmilitary
Japan will form a panel of experts as early as this spring to start full-scale discussions on a review of the country's three key national security-related documents, government officials have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/09/japan/japan-security-strategy-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #us #usbases #okinawa #defense #defenseministry
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Wednesday met with Nago Mayor Taketoyo Toguchi to seek local understanding on relocating U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/08/japan/koizumi-local-understanding-futenma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shinjirokoizumi #okinawa #futenma #henoko #us #usmilitary #usbases #usjapanrelations #defense
U.S. military police in Okinawa Prefecture temporarily detained a civilian by mistake in the city of Okinawa on Nov. 22, a joint U.S.-Japan government panel has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/27/japan/us-military-police-detain-civilian-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #us #usmilitary #usbases #okinawa #usjapanrelations
A suicide note left by a negotiator for the 1972 Okinawa reversion — which describes the envoy’s grief over brokering a secret nuclear agreement with the U.S. — is now on display. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/22/japan/history/okinawa-reversion-envoy-note/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #keiwakaizumi #okinawa #usbases #usmilitary #nuclearweapons
The central government and Okinawa Prefecture remain apart over the planned relocation of a U.S. military base within the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/politics/japan-okinawa-futenma-base-relocation-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #futenma #usbases #dennytamaki #minorukihara
Okinawa Prefectural Police have sent papers on a U.S. Navy member in his 20s to prosecutors over an alleged nonconsensual indecent act against a Japanese minor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/crime-legal/us-navy-sex-crime-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #okinawa #usbases #japanesepolice #sexcrimes
The Japanese government is preparing for likely U.S. demands that Japan cover a greater share of the costs for stationing U.S. forces in the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/japan/politics/japan-us-military-host-nation-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #usjapanrelations #usmilitary#usbases #donaldtrump #defense
The U.S. Marine Corps has deployed a cutting-edge unmanned surface-to-ship missile system at a base in Okinawa Prefecture since July, sources said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/japan/us-missile-system-deployed-in-okinawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usbases #missiles #gsdf #okinawa #usjapanrelations #us
Decades after the end of World War II, Okinawa has become a reluctant host for U.S. troops, with a string of incidents over the years that included sexual assault cases stoking the anger of residents. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/25/japan/society/okinawa-reluctant-host-for-us-bases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #okinawa#usbases
The U.S. military will deploy a new short-range air defense system in next month's joint drill with Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, informed sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/japan/us-new-air-defense-system-japan-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #usjapanrelations #usmilitary#usbases #sdf #okinawa
Concerns are rising in Okinawa Prefecture over the dwindling number of lawmakers in the ruling LDP who put weight on measures to support the development of the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/japan/politics/lack-of-okinawa-backers-in-ldp/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #okinawa #usjapanrelations #us #usbases #ldp
Two U.S. servicemen have been arrested in Okinawa Prefecture for allegedly assaulting Japanese nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/two-us-servicemen-in-okinawa-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #okinawa#usbases
A senior officer of the U.S. Marine Corps on Thursday apologized to Okinawa Prefecture over a recent conviction of a Marine for sexually assaulting a woman in the prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/crime-legal/us-military-apologizes-over-okinawa-sexual-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #usmilitary#usbases #okinawa #sexcrimes #japanesecourts
