U.S. Marines Shift From Okinawa To Guam

U.S., Japan Scale Back Okinawa Base Plan -- Wall Street Journal

The U.S. and Japanese governments are scaling back a controversial plan to relocate American military forces in Japan, bowing to intense local opposition and underscoring the inability of Japan's weak political leadership to fulfill its major policy pledges.

The two governments Wednesday said they have agreed to make "adjustments" to their six-year-old accord aimed at reducing the U.S.'s military presence on the southern island of Okinawa.

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More News On The U.S. Marines Moving To Guam

U.S., Japan decouple Marines' Guam move from Okinawa -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Japan and United States Hope to Strike New Okinawa Deal -- New York Times
Japan, US say closing Okinawa base not prerequisite for sending Marines to Guam -- Washington Post/AP
U.S. Bypasses Japan Base Dispute in Sending Marines to Guam -- Bloomberg Businessweek
US, Japan Closer to Moving Many Okinawa Marines -- ABC News/AP
US to move thousands of marines off Okinawa -- Financial Times
U.S. Troop Shift to Guam May Ease Tensions With Japan Over Okinawa Bases -- Bloomberg
U.S. Could Move Marines Off Okinawa Before Base Closure -- Voice of America
US, Japan agree on new plan to move Okinawa Marines to Guam -- Stars and Stripes
US Marines 'will be moved from Japan's Okinawa' -- BBC