What to Do With Okinawa: The Big Picture Behind the Henoko Base Relocation

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

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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.