The Chinese Navy’s 12-day military exercise around the Japanese archipelago ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, likely in reaction to Japan’s warming relations with Taiwan, has caused a strong reaction from the Japanese populace. From April 30 to May 12, five Chinese warships circled the Japanese archipelago and surrounded the Sendo Islands in Okinawa…
Chinese Military Drills Around Japan Before G-7, Triggering Strong Reaction From Japanese
May 27, 2023
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The US Marines in Japan: Stiffening Island Defenses
February 7, 2023
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Commentary The U.S. Marines, particularly its presence on Okinawa, has often seemed the bellwether of the Japan-U.S. defense relationship. And it’s usually been problematic. But recently, there was good news involving the Marines. At the “2+2 Meeting” of top Japanese and American defense and foreign affairs officials in Washington on Jan. 11, it was agreed…
Okinawa Boasts Astonishing Number of Centenarians
Japan boasts the second-highest life expectancy in the world, according to World Health Organization statistics. The country has 90,526 people over the age of 100, according to a September survey (pdf) by the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare. Among this record number of golden agers, the island of Okinawa has 1,334 centenarians, including 152 men…
Countering CCP Military Threat, Japan Establishing Defense in Okinawa
December 12, 2022
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Following the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s principle that “A Taiwan emergency is a Japanese emergency,” Japan will set up an Okinawa Defense Corps to counter Beijing’s military threat. Japan’s Defense Ministry will establish an Okinawa Defense Group in the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) as a new unit at the heart of the defense of…
Japan Plans More Evacuation Shelters in Okinawa Amid Taiwan Tensions
Japan is planning to build additional evacuation shelters on the Okinawa islands to shield residents from missile threats amid the rising tensions in Taiwan, a government official said on Friday. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the Cabinet Secretariat sought a budget of 70 million yen ($477,000) for fiscal 2023 to study the specifications for…
Okinawa Reelects Governor Who Opposes US Troop Presence
TOKYO—Okinawa’s incumbent governor who opposes an ongoing U.S. Marine base relocation forced by Japan’s central government and calls for a further reduction of American troops on the southern island secured his reelection on Sunday despite concerns of escalating tensions between China and nearby Taiwan. Okinawa Gov. Denny Tamaki and his supporters declared his victory and…
Okinawa Re-Elects Governor Who Wants Less US Military Presence on Island
Voters in Japan’s Okinawa re-elected Denny Tamaki as governor on Sunday, public broadcaster NHK and other media said, backing an independent candidate who wants a smaller U.S. military footprint on the chain of islands near Taiwan. Okinawa prefecture is far closer to Taiwan than to Tokyo, putting it front and centre to growing tension in…
US Army’s Pacific Commander Wants to Keep Rocket Launchers at Frontline Japanese Base
The U.S. Army’s Pacific commander, General Charles Flynn, said he is in no rush to withdraw rocket launchers and other equipment from a Japanese army base at the edge of the East China Sea even after the joint training they were used in ended. “Some of the equipment we are just going to leave here”…
Okinawa: As Important as Ever
Commentary These days Okinawa isn’t in the news much—being overshadowed by the looming Chinese military threat, North Korean missile launches, a war in Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, and attendant global economic turmoil. This is the 50th year since the United States relinquished its occupation and returned Okinawa to Japan. American forces have remained on Okinawa…
Okinawa: Sunny Island of the Immortals
Our Diamond Princess cruise had been almost perfect. We had departed two weeks earlier from Yokohama, visited Kagoshima in southern Japan, stopped in Hong Kong for the Chinese Lunar New Year and celebrated again in Taipei. The festivities had been limited because a mysterious novel coronavirus had been discovered in China just two weeks before…
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