US initiates Marine relocation from Okinawa to Guam amid local grievances, eyes Pacific realignment

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TOKYO, Dec 14 — The United States has begun relocating thousands of Marines from the Japanese island of Okinawa, Tokyo a...

The 1995 gang rape of a 12-year-old girl by three US soldiers in Okinawa also prompted widespread backlash, with calls for a rethink of the 1960 pact allowing the United States to post soldiers in Japan.

Okinawa comprises just 0.6 per cent of Japan’s territory but hosts more than half of the 50,000 US troops posted in the country.

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