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Protesters display signs against a planned U.S military base relocation during a rally in Naha, Okinawa prefecture, on the southern Japanese island Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. (Koji Harada/Kyodo News via AP)

Okinawa protest: Thousands rally for removal of U.S. military base

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2016 file photo, U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, third from left, accompanied by Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada, left, inspects an honor guard at the Defense Ministry Tokyo. Japan and the U.S. have agreed in principle on guidelines for limiting immunity from Japanese prosecution for civilian workers at American military bases, following a murder case this year on Okinawa involving a Marine-turned-contractor, officials said Monday, Dec. 26. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Okinawan Governor Onaga, who led anti-U.S. base move, dies

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

In this March 23, 2015, file photo, a child looks at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Air Station and the surrounding area from an observation deck at a park in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture on southern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Okinawa sues Tokyo in bid to stop move of U.S. Marine air base

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks during a press conference at the prefectural government office in Naha in Okinawa, southern Japan, Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. Onaga said Monday he is preparing to revoke approval for work needed to relocate a U.S. military air base from one area of the southern Japanese island to another, just days after the work was restarted. &quot;We will take all possible measures to block base construction in Henoko, and this is the first step,&quot; Onaga told the news conference. (Hiroko Harima/Kyodo News via AP) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT

Okinawa leader threatens to revoke approval to move U.S. base

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Not all Okinawans want U.S. base

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Illustration on China's pressures for a neutral Okinawa by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

ROBERT ELDRIDGE: The other side to the Okinawa story

By Robert D. Eldridge

Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga speaks during a news conference in Naha on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa Monday, March 23, 2015. Onaga has ordered a Defense Ministry branch to suspend all work at the site where a key U.S. military air base is to be relocated. Onaga told the news conference that a concrete anchor thrown into the sea for a drilling survey of the reef at the designated site known as Henoko is believed have damaged coral. (AP Photo/Kyodo News, Keiichiro Hoshino) JAPAN OUT, CREDIT MANDATORY

Okinawa orders halt to work related to US base relocation

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press