U.S. Returns 10,000 Acres Of Okinawa To Japan

US Ambassador to Japan Caroline Kennedy (C) delivers a speech among Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and US Forces Japan commander Lieutenant General Jerry P. Martinez (L) during a joint announcement on the return of American military to the island of Okinawa at the Abe's official resident in Tokyo on December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toshfumi Kitamura

US News And World Report: U.S. Returning Okinawa Land to Japan

Recent scandals have tarnished the U.S. military’s reputation on Okinawa, where there is fierce local resistance to its presence.

The United States is returning over 9,000 acres of land on Okinawa to the Japanese government, acreage it has held since the conclusion of World War II.

The move is the largest return of land since 1972 and comes amid long-standing controversy over the U.S. military presence on the southern Japanese island, heightened by a string of crimes that includes the murder of a 20-year-old Japanese woman earlier this year. A former U.S. Marine was arrested and charged in the case.

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