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U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, located in the middle of the city of Ginowan, is the most controversial American military facility in Japan's Okinawa prefecture. Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
With the September election of the Liberal Party politician Denny Tamaki as governor of Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, tensions between the U.S. military, the government of Japan, and the Okinawan prefectural government have risen beyond normal levels.
Ian Henderson is a contributor to Shield Society, former director of outreach for The Millennial Review, and former development coordinator for PragerU.
