Examining Okinawa Today

Seven decades after some of the bloodiest fighting of the Pacific War, Okinawa remains a battleground. Now, however, Japan and the United States are on the same side, and the prefectural government of Okinawa is fighting both of them on behalf of local residents fed up with the US military presence. In this series we look at the escalating standoff over the relocation of US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma from a historical, political, and security perspective.