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     • During World War II, in 1945, the United States launched its invasion of Japan via Okinawa. After the war ended, the United States occupied Japan and built large military bases in Okinawa that it would use to fight the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
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     Fifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   Why is Okinawa so important?

   • Growing military tensions in Northeast Asia continue to make Okinawa of great strategic value to both Washington and Tokyo. In particular, the United States and Japan are concerned about China’s increasingly provocative behavior toward Taiwan and worry that China could use force against the island.

   Fifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   Why are Japan's Okinawa Islands important?

   • Japan’s Okinawa islands still have an outsize importance to U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in deterring a Chinese attack against Taiwan. It has been fifty years since the United States relinquished control over Okinawa Prefecture.

   Fifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   Why did the US Occupy Okinawa?

   • After the war ended, the United States occupied Japan and built large military bases in Okinawa that it would use to fight the Korean and Vietnam Wars. In 1972, as it drew down its military involvement in Asia after the Vietnam War, the United States returned Okinawa to Japan but retained access to its bases.

   Fifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   Why did the US return to Okinawa?

   • In 1972, as it drew down its military involvement in Asia after the Vietnam War, the United States returned Okinawa to Japan but retained access to its bases. Today, those bases represent the bulk of land occupied by the U.S. military in Japan and 10 percent of the land area of Okinawa.

   Fifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   How did Okinawa affect the US military?

   • The 1950s and 1960s witnessed a confluence of several factors and events leading to major growth of the U.S. military on Okinawa. First, the San Francisco Peace Treaty (1952) led to downsizing the U.S. military on the four main islands of Japan.

   Understanding Okinawa's Role in the U.S.-Japan Security

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   What's going on in Japan and Okinawa?

   • Chie Kobayashi contributed to this report in Tokyo and Okinawa. Okinawa, which sits closer to China than to Japan's main islands, is the focus of U.S. and Japanese efforts to beef up defenses in Japan's southwest islands.

   Okinawa feels impact of U.S. and Japan military shifts - NPR

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3. www.cfr.org › in-brief › okinawa-japan-reversion-usFifty Years Later, Okinawa Is Still a Strategic Crossroads

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   Jun 23, 2022 · Japan’s Okinawa islands still have an outsize importance to U.S. military operations in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in deterring a Chinese attack against Taiwan.

4. www.dw.com › en › japan-why-okinawa-is-strategicallyJapan: Why Okinawa is strategically crucial for US military

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   Nov 20, 2023 · US military facilities across the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa are critical to Washington's security commitments in the western Pacific, with the Kadena Air Base, in...

5. apjjf.org › 2016 › 20Why Okinawa Matters: Japan, the United States and the ...

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   Oct 15, 2016 · This article provides a critical discussion of Okinawa’s role in serving American and Japanese strategic interests. Since the end of World War II Okinawa has been a mostly unhappy host of American military bases, and the issue has been prominent at times on the agenda of the Japanese peace movement.

6. english.kyodonews.net › news › 2022/05/39238a466964FOCUS: 50 years after return, Okinawa's strategic importance ...

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   May 9, 2022 · Fifty years after Okinawa's reversion to Japanese rule, the southern island prefecture has become more important for U.S. forces as a strategic foothold, as China and North Korea move to challenge regional stability.

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8. thediplomat.com › 2022/05/50-years-after-us50 Years After US Occupation, Okinawa Continues to Resist ...

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   May 24, 2022 · The burden of hosting U.S. military bases continues to be a serious issue for Okinawa, even half a century after its return to Japan.

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9. www.npr.org › 2024/04/10 › 1243830562Okinawa feels impact of U.S. and Japan military shifts - NPR

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   Apr 10, 2024 · Okinawa, which sits closer to China than to Japan's main islands, is the focus of U.S. and Japanese efforts to beef up defenses in Japan's southwest islands. Japan has set up missile bases...

10. spice.fsi.stanford.edu › docs › understandingUnderstanding Okinawa's Role in the U.S.-Japan Security ...

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    Okinawa's location continues to be a problematic issue under Japan's contemporary security arrangement with the United States. As the map indicates, Okinawa has retained its strategic value vis a vis current potential hotspots in East Asia: Taiwan, the PRC, and the Korean Peninsula.